Novelist Joy Williams

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Joy Williams

Living place: Massachusetts

Birthday: 11-2-1944 (80 years old)

Population of US 1944: 138,397,345

Global rank: #40319

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Who is Novelist Joy Williams?
American writer known for his novels, The State of Grace (1973) and The Quick and the Dead (2000). She is also the author of several collections of short stories, including Care (1982) and Escapes (1990).
Her novel, The Fast and Dead, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She graduated from Marietta College and the University of Iowa. After receiving her MFA in Creative Writing, she taught at the University of Houston, the University of Florida, the University of Iowa, and the University of Arizona.

Family life info

She was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. During the 1970s, she married L. Rust Hills, editor of the popular novel Esquire.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Joy Williams?
She was a finalist for the National Book Award, in which author Barry Hannah won.

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When was Novelist Joy Williams born?
Joy Williams birthday 11-2-1944 (at the age of 80).
Where is Novelist Joy Williams's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Joy Williams was born in Massachusetts, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Joy Williams's global rank is 40319 and whose rank is 257 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1944 is about 138,397,345 persons.
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Events in 1944 and 11-2

Events in US in the birth year of Joy Williams

  • FDR is reelected, beating Republican challenger Thomas Dewey. Background: Presidential Elections, 1789–present
  • GI Bill of Rights is passed, providing benefits for armed-service veterans.

Birthday Joy Williams (11-2) in history

  • Day 11-2 year 1805: Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.
  • Day 11-2 year 1809: Engineer Robert Fulton patented his steamship.
  • Day 11-2 year 1858: Saint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.
  • Day 11-2 year 1929: Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.
  • Day 11-2 year 1945: Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.
  • Day 11-2 year 1970: Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.
  • Day 11-2 year 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seized control of the Iran government.
  • Day 11-2 year 1989: The Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church's first woman bishop.
  • Day 11-2 year 1990: South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.
  • Day 11-2 year 2011: As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.
  • Day 11-2 year 2012: Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.
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