Sonia Sanchez

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Sonia Sanchez (Poet ) was born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA on a Sunday, September 9, 1934 🎈. Sonia Sanchez is 90 years old. She is a Virgo ♍ and was born in the Year of the Dog 🐕.

African-American poet and professor who published a famous 1985 work entitled Homegirls and Handgrenades. The work received the prestigious American Book Award.

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FULL NAME: Wilsonia Benita Driver
BIRTH DATE: September 9, 1934
BIRTHPLACE: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
AGE: 90 years old
NATIONALITY: American
ETHNICITY: Multiracial
ZODIAC: Virgo
CHINESE ZODIAC: Dog

About

Sonia Sanchez is a Poet. Sonia was born in the 1930s, 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.

She was married and divorced twice — to Albert Sanchez and Etheridge Knight — and had three children. Find out who is Sonia Sanchez dating right now.

She was raised by her grandmother after her mother’s death. Later, she lived with her father in Harlem.

DID YOU KNOW She was deeply involved in both the Black Arts Movement and the Civil Rights Movement.

FACT She completed postgraduate literary work at New York University, where she studied with poet Louise Bogan.

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Birthday

Currently, Sonia Sanchez is 90 years old. Her next birthday is away. Sonia will celebrate her 91st birthday on a Sunday, September 9th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on September 9, 1934. Below is the countdown to her next birthday.

Zodiac

Sonia Sanchez’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.

Sonia Sanchez was born in the Year of the Dog. People born in the Year of the Dog are likable, sincere, protective, helpful, and honest. They can also sometimes be pessimistic, cynical, paranoid, overly aggressive, and stubborn.

This year is the Year of the Dragon.

DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.

Sonia Sanchez is a 90 years old Poet, born in September, in the Year of the Dog (1934), and is a Virgo. Her life path number is 8. Sonia’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 9.

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