Novelist Douglas Unger

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Douglas Unger

Living place: Idaho

Birthday: 27-6-1952 (72 years old)

Population of US 1952: 157,552,740

Global rank: #89530

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Who is Novelist Douglas Unger?
An American fiction writer, he is known for his Pulitzer Prize-nominated debut novel, Leaving the Earth. His other works include Looking for War (a 2004 collection of short stories) and Voices from Silence (a 1995 novel).
He teaches writing at both Syracuse University and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After graduating from the University of Chicago and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he worked as an editor for several prominent literary journals.

Family life info

He was born in Idaho. He later married Amy Burk Unger.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Douglas Unger?
He and Ann Patchett both attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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When was Novelist Douglas Unger born?
Douglas Unger birthday 27-6-1952 (at the age of 72).
Where is Novelist Douglas Unger's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Douglas Unger was born in Idaho, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Douglas Unger's global rank is 89530 and whose rank is 1123 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1952 is about 157,552,740 persons.
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Events in 1952 and 27-6

Events in US in the birth year of Douglas Unger

  • US explodes first thermonuclear bomb at Enewetak Island (Nov. 1).
  • President-elect Dwight Eisenhower follows through with his campaign promise to visit Korea (Dec. 2).
  • 56 million watch Richard Nixon's "Checker's speech" on TV.

Birthday Douglas Unger (27-6) in history

  • Day 27-6 year 1844: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage, Ill.
  • Day 27-6 year 1898: Joshua Slocum became the first person to successfully circumnavigate the earth alone when he landed his sloop Spray in Newport, R.I., a 46,000-mile trip.
  • Day 27-6 year 1922: The Newbery Medal for children’s literature was first awarded.
  • Day 27-6 year 1950: President Harry S. Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War.
  • Day 27-6 year 1954: The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow.
  • Day 27-6 year 1969: Police and gays clashed at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, fostering the gay rights movement.
  • Day 27-6 year 1985: The legendary Route 66, running from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., was decertified, the victim of the Interstate Highway System.
  • Day 27-6 year 2003: The national do-not-call registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolled almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
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