Which writer was a member of the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg or Tim O'Brien?
Tim O'Brien (author) William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He best known for his "The Things They Carried" (1990), a collection of linked short stories. These semi-autobiographical stories were 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.
Philip Ó Ceallaigh Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 23 March 1968) is an Irish short story writer living in Bucharest. The New Zealand writer Charlotte Grimshaw described him as a "clever Irish writer". Michel Faber, in "The Guardian", described his control of tone, dialogue and narrative contour as "masterful". Ó Ceallaigh won the 2006 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and was the first Irish writer to be shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.