Novelist William T. Vollman

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William T. Vollman

Living place: California

Birthday: 28-7-1959 (65 years old)

Population of US 1959: 177,829,628

Global rank: #92434

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Who is Novelist William T. Vollman?
An American novelist, journalist, and short story writer, he is known for his prostitution trilogy and his Seven Dreams series. For his 2005 novel, Central Europe, he won the National Book Award for Fiction.
His nonfiction work focuses on topics such as Afghanistan, Japan, astronomy, violence and poverty.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He grew up in both California and Indiana. He studied at Deep Springs College and went on to receive a second letter of the alphabet in comparative literature from Cornell University.

Family life info

He was deeply affected by the drowning of his six-year-old sister, an event that inspired many of his literary works. He later had a daughter with his oncologist wife.

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He contributed articles to Granta, a publication that John Simpson last edited.

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When was Novelist William T. Vollman born?
William T. Vollman birthday 28-7-1959 (at the age of 65).
Where is Novelist William T. Vollman's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
William T. Vollman was born in California, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. William T. Vollman's global rank is 92434 and whose rank is 1195 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1959 is about 177,829,628 persons.
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Events in 1959 and 28-7

Events in US in the birth year of William T. Vollman

  • Alaska (Jan. 3) and Hawaii (Aug. 21) become the 49th and 50th states.
  • St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest (April 25).

Birthday William T. Vollman (28-7) in history

  • Day 28-7 year 1540: Former UK Foreign Secretary Thomas Cromwell was executed for treason and heresy at Tower Hill. On this same day, King Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
  • Day 28-7 year 1750: The great German baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach passed away in Leipzig, Germany.
  • Day 28-7 year 1794: Robespierre, The French revolutionary leader, was taken to the guillotine.
  • Day 28-7 year 1821: Peru declared its independence from Spain.
  • Day 28-7 year 1868: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which established the citizenship of African Americans and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified.
  • Day 28-7 year 1914: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, precipitating the start of World War I.
  • Day 28-7 year 1932: Herbert Hoover ordered Douglas MacArthur to evict the Bonus Marchers from their camps.
  • Day 28-7 year 2002: Nine Pennsylvania coal miners were rescued after 77 hours of being trapped in a mine shaft.
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