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Howard Vincent O'Brien
1888–1947
A sharp Chicago newspaperman with a novelist’s eye, this early-20th-century writer turned city life, war, and everyday opinion into lively, readable prose. He is especially remembered for his memoir Wine, Women and War and for long-running newspaper columns that made him a familiar voice to readers in Chicago.
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by Howard Vincent O'Brien
About the author
Howard Vincent O'Brien was an American novelist and journalist born in Chicago in 1888. He is best known for his memoir Wine, Women and War and for his work at the Chicago Daily News, where his columns All Things Considered and Footnotes helped build his reputation as a clear, engaging observer of modern life.
Sources found during this search agree that Chicago remained the center of his life and career, apart from his time at Yale University and his World War I service. He also worked in magazine editing before becoming widely known in newspapers, and he published several novels alongside his journalism.
O'Brien died in 1947. His mix of literary ambition and newspaper polish gives his work an appealing energy: intelligent, conversational, and closely tied to the world around him.