Tim obrien novelist biography definition

Early Life

Tim O’Brien was born on the 1^st of October in 1946, in Austin, Minnesota, United States of America. He was a brilliant son of William Timothy O’ Brien, an insurance agent, while his mother, Ave.

E Schultz O’Brien was a schoolteacher. Tim spent the first ten years of his life in Austin and later he moved with his family moved to a small town of Worthington where they remained throughout his childhood and adolescent period.

His father’s love for reading helped him a lot in his early development as Timothy used to bring home books from the Worthington Library for his children to read.

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Although his father was well-read and an intellectual person, his alcoholism ruined the family’s peaceful living.

Education

Tim O’ Brien’s educational journey started from his birthplace where he attended an elementary school.

He completed his graduation from Macalester College in political science in 1968. Upon graduation, he was drafted into the army and dispatched to Vietna