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Tim O'BrienBiographical NotesDate of birth: October 1, 1946, Austin, MinnesotaTim O'Brien. Author. B.A., Macalester College, political science, 1968. Although against the Vietnam War, he was drafted in 1968 and served until 1970. Assigned to Third Platoon, A Company, Fifth Battalion, Forty-sixth Infantry as a foot soldier; awarded the Purple Heart. Postgraduate study, School of Government, Harvard University, 1970; interned at the Washington Post. National affairs reporter, Washington Post, 1974-75. Wrote several novels, including Northern Lights (1975), set in the northern Minnesota region, and Going after Cacciato (1978), based on his Vietnam War experience. Contributor to national magazines. O. Henry Award, 1976 and 1978; Best American Short Stories Award, 1977; National Book Award for Fiction, 1979. His war memoir, If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (1973), was named Outstanding Book of 1973 by the New York Times. Selected WorksWhen you click on the titles below, you will exit the Minnesota Historical Society web site and go to the Minnesota Statewide Project for Automated Library Systems (Web PALS) Web Database. Title searches link directly to our catalog record. Please click on your browser's back button to return.
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