Tim O'Brien
American novelist · United States · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80
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Something wrong?Tim O'Brien is an American novelist who served as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Much of his writing is about wartime Vietnam, and his work later in life often explores the postwar lives of its veterans.
A life in dates
1995Society of American Historians Prize for Historical FictionAward1981Guggenheim FellowshipAward1979National Book AwardAward1946Born1 October 1946
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 80
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Jane SmileyBoth received Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction
Noah GordonBoth received Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction
Tommy OrangeBoth received Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction
Richard PowersBoth received Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction
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