Novelist Jonathan Franzen

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Jonathan Franzen

Living place: Western Springs

Birthday: 17-8-1959 (65 years old)

Population of US 1959: 177,829,628

Global rank: #58278

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Who is Novelist Jonathan Franzen?
An American novelist, he is best known for works such as The Repair and Freedom. The second novel focuses on a few elderly Midwesterners and their three children.
He won a National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
 
 

Young / Before famous

While attending Wayne State University, he studied abroad in Germany and became fluent in German.

Family life info

He married Valerie Cornell in 1982; then they divorced.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Jonathan Franzen?
He is close friends with writer David Foster Wallace.

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When was Novelist Jonathan Franzen born?
Jonathan Franzen birthday 17-8-1959 (at the age of 65).
Where is Novelist Jonathan Franzen's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jonathan Franzen was born in Western Springs, Illinois- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Jonathan Franzen's global rank is 58278 and whose rank is 511 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1959 is about 177,829,628 persons.
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Events in 1959 and 17-8

Events in US in the birth year of Jonathan Franzen

  • Alaska (Jan. 3) and Hawaii (Aug. 21) become the 49th and 50th states.
  • St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest (April 25).

Birthday Jonathan Franzen (17-8) in history

  • Day 17-8 year 1807: Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, began its trip up the Hudson River to Albany.
  • Day 17-8 year 1863: Fort Sumter, S.C. was bombarded by Union ships during the Civil War.
  • Day 17-8 year 1896: Prospectors found gold in Alaska, a discovery that set off the Klondike gold rush.
  • Day 17-8 year 1945: Indonesian nationalists proclaimed independence from the Netherlands.
  • Day 17-8 year 1962: 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot and killed by guards at the Berlin Wall, spurring riots.
  • Day 17-8 year 1969: Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.
  • Day 17-8 year 1978: The first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside of Paris.
  • Day 17-8 year 1987: Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's second in command, committed suicide.
  • Day 17-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Games. Phelps also set the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.
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