Novelist Orson Scott Card

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Orson Scott Card

Living place: Richland

Birthday: 24-8-1951 (73 years old)

Population of US 1951: 154,877,889

Global rank: #34631

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Who is Novelist Orson Scott Card?
Science fiction author who penned the award-winning Hugo and Nebula, Game Ender and Speaker for the Dead. His other notable books include the Seventh Son, Red Prophet, and Alvin Journeyman.
In the mid-1980s, he became the first American author to win the Hugo and Nebula awards in consecutive years.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He focused on poetry while attending Brigham Young University, where he also studied theatre. He began his writing career as an editor for Brigham Young University Press.

Family life info

A practicing Mormon, he had five children with his wife, Kristine Card. All of the couple's children are named after famous authors; sadly, one child died as a child and another died of cerebral palsy at the age of seventeen.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Orson Scott Card?
His character, Ender Wiggin, was portrayed by Asa Butterfield in the 2013 film version of Ender's Game.

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When was Novelist Orson Scott Card born?
Orson Scott Card birthday 24-8-1951 (at the age of 73).
Where is Novelist Orson Scott Card's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Orson Scott Card was born in Richland, Washington- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Orson Scott Card's global rank is 34631 and whose rank is 188 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1951 is about 154,877,889 persons.
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Events in 1951 and 24-8

Events in US in the birth year of Orson Scott Card

  • 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, limiting the number of terms a president may serve, is ratified (Feb. 27).
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for treason (April 5; executed June 19, 1953).

Birthday Orson Scott Card (24-8) in history

  • Day 24-8 year 79: The volcano Vesuvius suddenly awoke and erupted lava that buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
  • Day 24-8 year 1572: A dark day for the Huguenots when 70,000 French Protestants were massacred on Saint Bartholomew's Day.
  • Day 24-8 year 1814: The British set fire to the White House and the Capitol when they invaded Washington, DC during the War of 1812.
  • Day 24-8 year 1821: Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
  • Day 24-8 year 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
  • Day 24-8 year 1968: France became the world's fifth nuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
  • Day 24-8 year 1989: Pete Rose was banned from baseball for gambling.
  • Day 24-8 year 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the general secretary of the Communist Party after a failed coup attempt against him.
  • Day 24-8 year 1992: Hurricane Andrew hit Florida, causing record damage.
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