Nikki Giovanni (Poet ) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA on a Monday, June 7, 1943 🎈. Nikki Giovanni is 81 years old. She is a Gemini ♊ and was born in the Year of the Goat 🐐.
African-American poet, author, and professor known for Bicycles: Love Poems; Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day; and Black Judgement. She also wrote several children’s books, including Spin a Soft Black Song and The Sun is So Quiet.
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| FULL NAME: | Yolanda Cornelia |
| BIRTH DATE: | June 7, 1943 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| AGE: | 81 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Black |
| ZODIAC: | Gemini |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Goat |
About
Nikki Giovanni is a Poet. Nikki was born in the 1940s, in the middle of the Baby Boomers Generation generation. Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during the post World War II baby boom. This generation is known for Rock and Roll, Woodstock, Elvis, the Beatles, miniskirts, and Barbies. Baby boomers have experienced some of the most important historical events, including the JFK Assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
She was born in Tennessee, and she grew up in Ohio. She has a son named Thomas. Find out who is Nikki Giovanni dating right now.
She attended Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University.
DID YOU KNOW She was teaching creative writing at Virginia Tech in 2007, when the April 16 campus massacre occurred. Her words, “We are Virginia Tech…We will prevail,” became a rallying cry for traumatized students.
FACT The National Public Radio program, All Things Considered, commissioned Giovanni to write a poem for the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama.
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Birthday
Currently, Nikki Giovanni is 81 years old. Her next birthday is away. Nikki will celebrate her 82nd birthday on a Monday, June 7th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on June 7, 1943. Below is the countdown to her upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Nikki Giovanni’s zodiac sign is Gemini. People born between May 21st and June 20th belong to the third sign in the zodiac, Gemini. Geminis are known for being curious, charismatic, extroverted, and clever. Aries & Leo are the most compatible signs for Geminis.
Famous Gemini celebrities are Kanye West, Angelina Jolie, Kendrick Lamar, Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea, Natalie Portman, and Prince. Gemini ruling planet is Mercury. Astrologically, Mercury symbolizes communication. It is the closest planet planet to the sun.
Nikki Giovanni was born in the Year of the Goat. Goat symbolizes pureness and preciousness in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Goat are intelligent, creative, charming, compassionate, and gentle. They can also sometimes be unorganized, lazy, pessimistic, insecure, indecisive, anxious, and gullible.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Nikki Giovanni is a 81 years old Poet, born in June, in the Year of the Goat (1943), and is a Gemini. Her life path number is 3. Nikki’s birthstone is Pearl, Moonstone and Alexandrite, and her birth flower is Rose. You may also check out all famous birthdays in June or specifically birthdays on June 7.
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