Novelist Junot Diaz

Image of Junot Diaz #
254
Novelist

Junot Diaz

Living place: Santo Domingo

Birthday: 31-12-1968 (56 years old)

Population of the world 1968: 3.556 billions

Global rank: #40345

Email: updating

Phone number: updating

Novelist Junot Diaz profile

Who is Novelist Junot Diaz?
Dominican literary figure who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel, The Magical Brief Life of Oscar Wao. He also won several awards for his short stories and is most famous for his 1996 collection, Drowning.
He teaches writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also serves as editor of The Boston Review.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He earned an English degree from Rutgers College in 1992. In 1995, he graduated from Cornell University with an MFA in creative writing.

Family life info

He grew up in the Dominican Republic as the third of five siblings. He is the longtime domestic partner of romance author, Marjorie Liu.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Junot Diaz?
He cites Toni Morrison as one of his biggest influences.

Body measurements of

How tall is Novelist Junot Diaz? What Junot Diaz's weight?
Height: updating
Weight: updating
Measurements: updating

Summary of Junot Diaz profile

When was Novelist Junot Diaz born?
Junot Diaz birthday 31-12-1968 (at the age of 56).
Where is Novelist Junot Diaz's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Junot Diaz was born in Santo Domingo, of Dominican Republic. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Junot Diaz's global rank is 40345 and whose rank is 254 in list of famous Novelist. Population of the world in 1968 is about 3.556 billions persons.
Celebrities born in:
/
 
 

Events in 1968 and 31-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Junot Diaz

  • North Korea seizes US Navy ship Pueblo; holds 83 on board as spies (Jan. 23).
  • North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War (Jan.-Feb.).
  • American soldiers massacre 347 civilians at My Lai (March 16). Background: Vietnam War
  • Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime (Aug. 20).

Birthday Junot Diaz (31-12) in history

  • Day 31-12 year 1879: Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp.
  • Day 31-12 year 1938: The first breath test for drivers, "drunkometer," was introduced in Indianapolis.
  • Day 31-12 year 1946: President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
  • Day 31-12 year 1961: The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
  • Day 31-12 year 1963: Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved.
  • Day 31-12 year 1964: The al-Fatah guerrillas of Yasser Arafat launched their first terrorist raid on Israel.
  • Day 31-12 year 1987: Robert Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe's president.
Show all

Other famous Novelist

Famous people born in Santo Domingo

Note about Novelist Junot Diaz

Junot Diaz infomation and profile updated by nguoinoitieng.tv.