William Timothy O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He is best known for his book The Things They Carried (1990), a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010, the New York Times described O'Brien's book as a Vietnam classic. In addition, he is known for his war novel, Going After Cacciato (1978), also about wartime Vietnam, and later novels about postwar lives of veterans.
O'Brien has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University–San Marcos every other academic year since 2003–2004 (2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011–2012).
Source: Tim O'Brien on Wikipedia
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Fiction, Minnesota, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, American literature, Fiction, family life, Fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975, History, Married people, Married people, fiction, Missing persons, Missing persons, fiction, Politicians, Politicians, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 9, Romans, nouvelles, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction, 18.06 Anglo-American literature, Alumni and alumnae, American Civil War, American Short storiesPlaces
Minnesota, United States, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, Cairn T Loughcrew Site (Ireland), China, Eastern Europe, England, Ireland, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Meath, Meath (Ireland), Milford meeting house, Newgrange Site (Ireland), Owl Creek Bridge, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, SunPeople
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1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, DecemberID Numbers
- OLID: OL25582A
- GoodReads: 2330
- ISNI: 000000012102814X
- Library of Congress Names: n85092953
- MusicBrainz: 056ec247-14e2-40ea-becc-ad0d884e6b1e
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV067879
- VIAF: 85364833
- Wikidata: Q1289151
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q1289151
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