Al Young (Poet ) was born in Mississippi, United States on a Wednesday, May 31, 1939 🎈. Al Young is 85 years old. He is a Gemini ♊ and was born in the Year of the Rabbit 🐇.
African-American poet who was named Poet Laureate of California in 2005. He earned the prestigious American Book Award for two of his publications: The Sound of Dreams Remembered and Bodies and Soul: Musical Memoirs.
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FULL NAME: | Al Young |
BIRTH DATE: | May 31, 1939 |
BIRTHPLACE: | Mississippi, United States |
AGE: | 85 years old |
NATIONALITY: | American |
ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
ZODIAC: | Gemini |
CHINESE ZODIAC: | Rabbit |
About
Al Young is a Poet. Al 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.
He married Arline Young in 1963; the couple’s son was born eight years later. Find out who is Al Young dating right now.
He edited a collegiate literary magazine during his time at the University of Michigan.
DID YOU KNOW His early poetry collections include Geography of the Near Past and The Song Turning Back into Itself.
FACT He and poet Frank Stanford were both born in Mississippi.
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Birthday
Currently, Al Young is 85 years old. His next birthday is away. Al will celebrate his 86th birthday on a Wednesday, May 31st. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on May 31, 1939. Below is the countdown to his upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Al Young’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.
Al Young was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Rabbit symbolizes elegance and beauty in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are intuitive, even-tempered, gentle, faithful, compassionate, and clever. They can also sometimes be pessimistic, insecure, vain, overly cautious, and finicky.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Al Young is a 85 years old Poet, born in May, in the Year of the Rabbit (1939), and is a Gemini. His life path number is 4. Al’s birthstone is Emerald, and his birth flower is Lily of the valley. You may also check out all famous birthdays in May or specifically birthdays on May 31.
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