Hortense Calisher Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Hortense Calisher Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Hortense Calisher Facts

Full Name	Hortense Calisher
Birthdate	December 20, 1911
Birth Place	New York
Age (in 2024)	112 Years Old
Zodiac	Sagittarius
Occupation	Novelist

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Hortense Calisher Age & Birthday

Hortense Calisher is best known as Novelist who has born on December 20, 1911 in New York. Currently, Hortense Calisher is 112 years, 11 months and 24 days old. Hortense Calisher will celebrate 113th birthday on Friday, 20th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Hortense Calisher upcoming birthday.

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Hortense Calisher Biography

About

An American fiction writer who wrote under the male pen name of Jack Fenno, she is most famous for her O. Henry award-winning short story, The Night Club in the Woods. Her novels include Journal from Ellipsia and Standard Dreaming.

Before Fame

She grew up in New York City. She published her first short story collection, In the Absence of Angels, in 1951.

Trivia

She was a three-time National Book Award finalist.

Family Life

She was married twice and had two children. When she died at the age of ninety-seven, she was survived by her second husband, Curtis Harnack, and by her son, Peter Heffelfinger.

Associated With

Her writing is sometimes compared to that of Jane Austen.

Top Asked Questions about Hortense Calisher

How old is Hortense Calisher in 2024?

Hortense Calisher is 112 years old today.

When was Hortense Calisher born?

Hortense Calisher was born on December 20, 1911 in New York.

What is Hortense Calisher zodiac sign?

Hortense Calisher zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

What was Hortense Calisher best known for?

Hortense Calisher was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Hortense Calisher's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Hortense Calisher's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Hortense Calisher was born on Wednesday, 354^th day / 51^st week of 1911
Hortense Calisher has Sagittarius zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Hortense Calisher birthday is XX.XII.MCMXI
Hortense Calisher's birthstone is Turquoise
Hortense Calisher's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Hortense Calisher age in year is 112 years old
Hortense Calisher age in month is 1355 months old
Hortense Calisher age in day is 41267 days old
Hortense Calisher age in hour is 990408 hours old
Hortense Calisher age in minute is 59424480 minutes old
Hortense Calisher age in second is 3565468800 seconds old
Next Hortense Calisher birthday is on Saturday, December 20th 2025
Hortense Calisher age in next birthday (2025) is 113 years old

Historical Events on Hortense Calisher Birthday (December 20)

Below are historical events that coincided with Hortense Calisher's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1967	A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 249 kilometres per hour (155 mph) on their New York Division, also present-day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
1973	Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco: A car bomb planted by ETA in Madrid kills three people, including the Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco.
1984	The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
1984	Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from Greeley, Colorado. Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Jonelle's home. The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head."
1985	Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
1987	In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
1989	The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.
1991	A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
1995	NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
1995	American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.
1999	Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
2004	A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
2007	Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.
2007	The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil. Both will be recovered a few weeks later.
2019	The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947.
1982	The birth of Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982	The birth of David Wright, American baseball player
1983	The birth of Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1987	The birth of Malcolm Jenkins, American football player
1990	The birth of JoJo, American singer and actress
1991	The birth of Rachael Boyle, Scottish footballer
1991	The birth of Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
1991	The birth of Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer
1991	The birth of Jorginho, Brazilian footballer
1992	The birth of Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
1993	The birth of Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
1997	The birth of De'Aaron Fox, American basketball player
1997	The birth of Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
1998	The birth of Kylian Mbappé, French footballer
2001	The birth of Facundo Pellistri, Uruguayan footballer
2008	The death of Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)
2009	The death of Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (b. 1977)
2009	The death of Arnold Stang, American actor (b. 1918)
2010	The death of James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
2010	The death of K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)
2011	The death of Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2012	The death of Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2012	The death of Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)
2012	The death of Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1919)
2013	The death of Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (b. 1930)
2014	The death of Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (b. 1929)
2014	The death of John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (b. 1915)
2020	The death of Fanny Waterman, British pianist (b. 1920)
2020	The death of Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (b. 1930)
2022	The death of Franco Harris, American football player (b. 1950)

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