Novelist Robert Olen Butler

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Robert Olen Butler

Living place: Illinois

Birthday: 20-1-1945 (79 years old)

Population of US 1945: 139,928,165

Global rank: #67003

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Who is Novelist Robert Olen Butler?
An American writer of novels and short stories, he is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection, The Fragrance From Strange Mountains. His novels include Sun Dogs, Wabash, and Mr. Spaceman.
He teaches writing at both McNeese State University (Louisiana) and Florida State University.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He served in Vietnam as both a translator and a special counter-spy for the United States Army.

Family life info

The son of an actor, he studied theater at Northwestern University and dramatic writing at the University of Iowa. He was married four times; He married his fourth wife, Kelly Lee Daniels, in 2012.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Robert Olen Butler?
He and Jesse Hill Ford were both Guggenheim Scholars.

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When was Novelist Robert Olen Butler born?
Robert Olen Butler birthday 20-1-1945 (at the age of 79).
Where is Novelist Robert Olen Butler's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Robert Olen Butler was born in Illinois, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Robert Olen Butler's global rank is 67003 and whose rank is 658 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1945 is about 139,928,165 persons.
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Events in 1945 and 20-1

Events in US in the birth year of Robert Olen Butler

  • FDR dies (April 12) and Harry S. Truman becomes president.
  • Manhattan Project tests first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico (July 16).
  • A B-25 bomber flies into the Empire State Building, damaging the 78th and 79th floors and killing 13 (July 28).

Birthday Robert Olen Butler (20-1) in history

  • Day 20-1 year 1801: John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Day 20-1 year 1841: As a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British.
  • Day 20-1 year 1942: The Nazis formulated their "Final Solution" regarding the Jews at the Wannsee Conference.
  • Day 20-1 year 1964: The Beatles released their first album in the United States, Meet the Beatles.
  • Day 20-1 year 1981: President Reagan became the oldest president to take office (69 years and 349 days).
  • Day 20-1 year 1986: Martin Luther King, Jr., day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
  • Day 20-1 year 2009: Hundreds of thousands of people watched in front of the Capitol as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn into office. Obama makes history as the first African-American U.S. president.
  • Day 20-1 year 2012: Singer Etta James died less than a week before her 74th birthday.
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