Novelist Richard Ford

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Novelist

Richard Ford

Living place: Jackson

Birthday: 16-2-1944 (80 years old)

Population of US 1944: 138,397,345

Global rank: #59521

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Who is Novelist Richard Ford?
Award-winning novelist and short story writer who is known for the novels The Sportsbook, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land. His popular short story collections include Rock Springs, Women vs. Men, and A Countless Sins.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel, Independence Day.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University. He later attended the writing program at the University of California, Irvine.

Family life info

He was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and after the early death of his father, was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas by his grandfather. He married Kristina Hensley in 1968.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Richard Ford?
He and Raymond Carver are both considered part of a literary movement called dirty realism.

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When was Novelist Richard Ford born?
Richard Ford birthday 16-2-1944 (at the age of 80).
Where is Novelist Richard Ford's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Richard Ford's global rank is 59521 and whose rank is 528 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1944 is about 138,397,345 persons.
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Events in 1944 and 16-2

Events in US in the birth year of Richard Ford

  • 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 Richard Ford (16-2) in history

  • Day 16-2 year 1804: U.S. frigate Philadelphia, captured and held by Barbary pirates at Tripoli during the Tripolitan War, was set fire to and destroyed by a small group of men led by Stephen Decatur.
  • Day 16-2 year 1918: Lithuania proclaimed its independence from Russia.
  • Day 16-2 year 1923: The tomb of King Tutankhamen, discovered in 1922, was opened.
  • Day 16-2 year 1937: Nylon was patented.
  • Day 16-2 year 1959: Fidel Castro became the leader of Cuba after having ousted the right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista.
  • Day 16-2 year 1968: The country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala.
  • Day 16-2 year 1999: Turkish commandos captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya, sparking seizures of embassies in Europe by Kurds.
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