Toi Derricotte (Poet ) was born in Hamtramck on a Saturday, April 12, 1941 🎈. Toi Derricotte is 83 years old. She is a Aries ♈ and was born in the Year of the Serpent 🐍.
African-American poet and creative writing professor whose poetry collections include Captivity, Tender, and The Undertaker’s Daughter. She also published an autobiographical poetic work entitled The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey.
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| FULL NAME: | Toi Derricotte |
| BIRTH DATE: | April 12, 1941 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Hamtramck |
| AGE: | 83 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Aries |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Serpent |
About
Toi Derricotte is a Poet. Toi 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.
Her father was a Kentucky native, and her mother was of Louisiana Creole heritage. Derricotte gave birth to an illegitimate child in 1962, while she was a student at Wayne State University. Find out who is Toi Derricotte dating right now.
She moved to New York City in 1967 and subsequently received a master’s degree in English literature from New York University.
DID YOU KNOW She was deeply affected by childhood visits to her grandparents’ house, which doubled as a funeral parlor.
FACT Her poetic style is similar to that of Anne Sexton and other confessional poets.
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Birthday
Currently, Toi Derricotte is 83 years old. Her next birthday is away. Toi will celebrate her 84th birthday on a Saturday, April 12th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on April 12, 1941. Below is the countdown to her next birthday.
Zodiac
Toi Derricotte’s zodiac sign is Aries. People born between the dates of March 21st and April 19th belong to the first sign in the zodiac, Aries. Aries are known for being ambitious, honest, self-assertive, and brave. Sagittarius is the most compatible sign for Aries.
Famous Aries celebrities are Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Jackie Chan, Leonardo DaVinci, Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Harry Houdini, Thomas Jefferson, Vincent van Gogh, Emma Watson, Marlon Brando, and Charlie Chaplin. Aries ruling planet is Mars. Astrologically, Mars represents ambition, passion, and energy.
Toi Derricotte was born in the Year of the Serpent. Serpent symbolizes fertility and rebirth in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Snake are intelligent, enigmatic, intuitive, charming, and beautiful. They can also sometimes be hedonistic, vain, malicious, overly materialistic, and duplicitous.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Toi Derricotte is a 83 years old Poet, born in April, in the Year of the Serpent (1941), and is a Aries. Her life path number is 22. Toi’s birthstone is Diamond, and her birth flower is Sweet Pea/Daisy. You may also check out all famous birthdays in April or specifically birthdays on April 12.
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