Junot Diaz (Novelist ) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on a Tuesday, December 31, 1968 🎈. Junot Diaz is 55 years old. He is a Capricorn ♑ and was born in the Year of the Monkey 🐒.
Dominican literary figure who won a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. He also won numerous awards for his short stories and is most famous for his 1996 collection, Drown.
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| FULL NAME: | Junot Diaz |
| BIRTH DATE: | December 31, 1968 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| AGE: | 55 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | Dominican |
| ETHNICITY: | Multiracial |
| ZODIAC: | Capricorn |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Monkey |
About
Junot Diaz is a Novelist. Junot was born in the 1960s, in the middle of the Generation X generation. Generation X, also known as the "MTV Generation," are individuals born between 1965 and 1980. This generation saw the emergence of music videos, heavy metal, and hip hop. Nirvana, U2, Madonna, torn jeans, Beverly Hills 90210, and Friends also became popular. Gen Xers have also experienced significant events, including, fall of the Berlin Wall, the energy crisis, the Watergate scandal, the rise of the personal computer, and Terrorism at the Munich Olympics.
He grew up in the Dominican Republic as the third of five siblings. He is the longtime domestic partner of romance author, Marjorie Liu. Find out who is Junot Diaz dating right now.
He earned a degree in English from Rutgers College in 1992. In 1995, he graduated from Cornell University with an MFA degree in creative writing.
DID YOU KNOW He taught creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also served as the editor of The Boston Review.
FACT He cited Toni Morrison as one of his greatest influences.
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Birthday
Currently, Junot Diaz is 55 years old. His next birthday is away. Junot will celebrate his 56th birthday on a Tuesday, December 31st. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on December 31, 1968. Below is the countdown to his upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Junot Diaz’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. People born between December 22nd and January 19th belong to the tenth sign in the zodiac, Capricorn. Capricorns are known for being one of the hardest workers of the zodiac. They are ambitious, determined, and strong. Virgo is the most compatible sign for Capricorns.
Famous Capricorn celebrities are Jeff Bezos, Jared Leto, Bradley Cooper, Kate Middleton, Liam Hemsworth, Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Seacrest, John Legend, Zayn Malik, Nina Dobrev, Ross Lynch, Elvis Presley, Stan Lee, and Martin Luther King Jr. Capricorn ruling planet is Saturn. Astrologically, Saturn represents responsibility, discipline, and determination.
Junot Diaz was born in the Year of the Monkey. Monkey symbolizes cleverness in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Monkey have magnetic personalities and are confident, charming, and humorous. They can also sometimes be distrustful, arrogant, opportunistic, erratic, manipulative, and dishonest.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Junot Diaz is a 55 years old Novelist, born in December, in the Year of the Monkey (1968), and is a Capricorn. His life path number is 4. Junot’s birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz, and his birth flower is Narcissus. You may also check out all famous birthdays in December or specifically birthdays on December 31.
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