Poet George Elliott Clarke

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George Elliott Clarke

Living place: Canada

Birthday: 12-2-1960 (64 years old)

Population of the world 1960: 3.039 billions

Global rank: #36224

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Who is Poet George Elliott Clarke?
Nova Scotia was born poet and playwright whose literary works document the Afro-Canadian experience. He is known for poetry collections such as Whylah Falls and the Golden Indigoes and for plays such as Beatrice Lucky and Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path
Works in 2001, his poem Execution, received the Governor General's Prize for Poetry

Young / Before famous

He studied at the University of Waterloo, Dalhousie University, and Queen's University.

Family life info

His ancestors were African-Americans who escaped the British Army during the War of 1812 and moved to Canada.

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He was the 2006 recipient of a Pierre Trudeau Foundation literary scholarship.

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When was Poet George Elliott Clarke born?
George Elliott Clarke birthday 12-2-1960 (at the age of 64).
Where is Poet George Elliott Clarke's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
George Elliott Clarke was born in . Là Poet, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. George Elliott Clarke's global rank is 36224 and whose rank is 90 in list of famous Poet. Population of the world in 1960 is about 3.039 billions persons.
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Events in 1960 and 12-2

Events in the world in the birth year of George Elliott Clarke

  • American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1).
  • Khrushchev kills Paris summit conference because of U-2 (May 16).
  • Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23)—executed in Israel in 1962.
  • Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.
  • Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zaire (Belgian Congo) gain independence.
  • There are 900 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War

Birthday George Elliott Clarke (12-2) in history

  • Day 12-2 year 1554: In just nine days, Lady Jane Gray, the queen of England, was executed for high treason. She is known by the nickname "Queen of Nine Days".
  • Day 12-2 year 1733: James Edward Oglethorpe led the first British colonists to Savannah, the first capital of Georgia. He later became the first governor of Georgia.
  • Day 12-2 year 1818: Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
  • Day 12-2 year 1870: The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
  • Day 12-2 year 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
  • Day 12-2 year 1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
  • Day 12-2 year 1973: The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
  • Day 12-2 year 1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
  • Day 12-2 year 2002: Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
  • Day 12-2 year 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
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