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| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Author
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Macalester_College
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Vietnam_War
Literary criticism Literary fiction Storytelling techniques Narrative structure Postmodern literature Literary awards Memoirs Short stories Character development Creative writing Cultural commentary Writing workshops Themes of identity Narrative non-fiction University teaching Themes of memory Themes of loss Themes of storytelling Themes of war Themes of trauma American_literature |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:PEN/Faulkner_Award
National Book Award |
| gptkbp:born |
October 1, 1946
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Tim_O'Brien_Jr.
gptkb:Maggie_O'Brien gptkb:Katie_O'Brien |
| gptkbp:genre |
Fiction
Non-fiction |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Tim O'Brien
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Contemporary literature
War literature Vietnam_War_narratives |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
Kurt Vonnegut |
| gptkbp:militaryService |
gptkb:United_States_Army
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| gptkbp:nationality |
American
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:In_the_Lake_of_the_Woods
The Things They Carried Going After Cacciato The Nuclear Age If I Die in a Combat Zone July, July The Best American Short Stories 1979 The_Things_They_Carried:_A_Work_of_Fiction |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Novelist
Short story writer Memoirist |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Austin,_Minnesota
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Elizabeth_O'Brien
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| gptkbp:website |
http://www.timobrien.com
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