Kiran Desai (Novelist ) was born in India on a Friday, September 3, 1971 🎈. Kiran Desai is 53 years old. She is a Virgo ♍ and was born in the Year of the Pig 🐖.
The author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Inheritance of Loss, she also wrote Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. She received a Berlin Prize Fellowship in 2013.
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| FULL NAME: | Kiran Desai |
| BIRTH DATE: | September 3, 1971 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | India |
| AGE: | 53 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Virgo |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Pig |
About
Kiran Desai is a Novelist. Kiran was born in the 1970s, 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.
She became romantically linked to fellow writer, Orhan Pamuk, in 2010. Find out who is Kiran Desai dating right now.
When she was fourteen years old, she moved from India to England with her mother.
DID YOU KNOW She made her writing debut with the 1998 novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.
FACT Her first novel earned high praise from author Salman Rushdie.
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Birthday
Currently, Kiran Desai is 53 years old. Her next birthday is away. Kiran will celebrate her 54th birthday on a Friday, September 3rd. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on September 3, 1971. Below is the countdown to her next birthday.
Zodiac
Kiran Desai’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.
Kiran Desai was born in the Year of the Pig. A pig symbolize wealth, luck and prosperity in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Pig are intelligent, thoughtful, diligent, genuine, and noble. They can also sometimes be gullible, materialistic, insecure, and hot-tempered.
This year is the Year of the Serpent.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Kiran Desai is a 53 years old Novelist, born in September, in the Year of the Pig (1971), and is a Virgo. Her life path number is 3. Kiran’s birthstone is Sapphire, and her birth flower is Aster/Myosotis. You may also check out all famous birthdays in September or specifically birthdays on September 3.
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