Author for children Cynthia Kadohata

Cynthia Kadohata

Living place: Illinois

Birthday: 2-7-1956 (68 years old)

Population of US 1956: 168,903,031

Global rank: #47156

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Who is Author for children Cynthia Kadohata?
Best known for 2004, the Newbery Medal and Asia/Pacific American Literature award-winning children's novel, Kira-kira, she has also written as popular youth as she does Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam and The Thing About Luck.
She received the US National Book Award for her 2013 young adult novel, The Thing About Luck.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After dropping out, she earned a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California and went on to attend both Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh.

Family life info

Born into a Japanese-American family, she was raised in, Illinois, Georgia, Arkansas, and California. She then raised a child named Sammy.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Cynthia Kadohata?
She and My Happy Life novelist Lydia Millet were both recipients of the prestigious PEN literary award.

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When was Author for children Cynthia Kadohata born?
Cynthia Kadohata birthday 2-7-1956 (at the age of 68).
Where is Author for children Cynthia Kadohata's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Cynthia Kadohata was born in Illinois, . is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Cynthia Kadohata's global rank is 47156 and whose rank is 138 in list of famous Author for children. Population of US in 1956 is about 168,903,031 persons.
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Events in 1956 and 2-7

Events in US in the birth year of Cynthia Kadohata

  • Autherine Lucy, the first black student at the University of Alabama, is suspended after riots (March 1).
  • U.S. tests the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll with the force of 10 million tons TNT (May 21). Background: nuclear weapons

Birthday Cynthia Kadohata (2-7) in history

  • Day 2-7 year 1566: French astrologer, physician and author of the book "Prophecies" Nostradamus passed away in Salon-de-Provence.
  • Day 2-7 year 1881: President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19.
  • Day 2-7 year 1890: Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  • Day 2-7 year 1937: Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world.
  • Day 2-7 year 1964: President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
  • Day 2-7 year 1976: In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.
  • Day 2-7 year 1997: Actor James Stewart died in Beverly Hills, Calif.
  • Day 2-7 year 2002: Steve Fossett became the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon.
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