Jack Prelutsky (Poet ) was born in New York, United States on a Sunday, September 8, 1940 🎈. Jack Prelutsky is 84 years old. He is a Virgo ♍ and was born in the Year of the Dragon 🐉.
Children’s poet who wrote The New Kid on the Block and Ride a Purple Pelican, among other popular works. He became the Poetry Foundation’s U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate in 2006.
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FULL NAME: | Jack Prelutsky |
BIRTH DATE: | September 8, 1940 |
BIRTHPLACE: | New York, United States |
AGE: | 84 years old |
NATIONALITY: | American |
ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
ZODIAC: | Virgo |
CHINESE ZODIAC: | Dragon |
About
Jack Prelutsky is a Poet. Jack was born in the 1940s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
He was born and raised in New York City. He married Carolynn Prelutsky in 1979. Find out who is Jack Prelutsky dating right now.
He attended Hunter college, but dropped out after repeatedly failing English.
DID YOU KNOW He appeared on an episode of Arthur, an animated PBS series.
FACT While working in a Greenwich Village bookstore, he met and befriended Bob Dylan.
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Birthday
Currently, Jack Prelutsky is 84 years old. His next birthday is away. Jack will celebrate his 85th birthday on a Sunday, September 8th. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on September 8, 1940. Below is the countdown to his next birthday.
Zodiac
Jack Prelutsky’s zodiac sign is Virgo. People born between the dates of August 23rd and September 22nd belong to the sixth sign of the zodiac, Virgo. Virgos are known for being humble, practical, and systematic in their approach to life. Cancer is the most compatible sign for Virgos.
Famous Virgo celebrities are Beyonce, Prince Harry, Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek, Chris Pine, Jennifer Judson, Bernie Sanders, and Agatha Christie. Virgo ruling planet is Mercury. Astrologically, Mercury symbolizes communication. It is the closest planet planet to the sun.
Jack Prelutsky was born in the Year of the Dragon. The dragon represents good luck, strength, and health in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Dragon are courageous, intelligent, natural born leaders, charismatic, and lucky. They can also sometimes be impetuous, inflexible, and brash.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Jack Prelutsky is a 84 years old Poet, born in September, in the Year of the Dragon (1940), and is a Virgo. His life path number is 4. Jack’s birthstone is Sapphire, and his birth flower is Aster/Myosotis. You may also check out all famous birthdays in September or specifically birthdays on September 8.
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