Junot Díaz Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Junot Díaz Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Junot Díaz Facts

Full Name	Junot Díaz
Birthdate	December 31, 1968
Birth Place	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Age (in 2024)	55 Years Old
Zodiac	Capricorn
Occupation	Novelist

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Junot Díaz Age & Birthday

Junot Díaz is best known as Novelist who has born on December 31, 1968 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Currently, Junot Díaz is 55 years, 11 months and 14 days old. Junot Díaz will celebrate 56th birthday on Tuesday, 31st of December 2024. Below the countdown to Junot Díaz upcoming birthday.

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Junot Díaz Biography

About

Dominican literary figure who won a 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. He also won numerous awards for his short stories and is most famous for his 1996 collection, Drown.

Before Fame

He earned a degree in English from Rutgers College in 1992. In 1995, he graduated from Cornell University with an MFA degree in creative writing.

Trivia

He taught creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also served as the editor of The Boston Review.

Family Life

He grew up in the Dominican Republic as the third of five siblings. He is the longtime domestic partner of romance author, Marjorie Liu.

Associated With

He cited Toni Morrison as one of his greatest influences.

Top Asked Questions about Junot Díaz

How old is Junot Díaz in 2024?

Junot Díaz is 55 years old today.

When was Junot Díaz born?

Junot Díaz was born on December 31, 1968 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

What is Junot Díaz zodiac sign?

Junot Díaz zodiac sign is Capricorn.

What was Junot Díaz best known for?

Junot Díaz was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Junot Díaz's Birthday

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

Junot Díaz was born on Tuesday, 366^th day / 01^st week of 1968
Junot Díaz has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Junot Díaz birthday is XXXI.XII.MCMLXVIII
Junot Díaz's birthstone is Turquoise
Junot Díaz's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Junot Díaz age in year is 55 years old
Junot Díaz age in month is 671 months old
Junot Díaz age in day is 20437 days old
Junot Díaz age in hour is 490488 hours old
Junot Díaz age in minute is 29429280 minutes old
Junot Díaz age in second is 1765756800 seconds old
Next Junot Díaz birthday is on Wednesday, December 31st 2025
Junot Díaz age in next birthday (2025) is 56 years old
Learn more interesting facts about December 31, 1968 birthday

Historical Events on Junot Díaz Birthday (December 31)

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

Year	Event
1994	The First Chechen War: The Russian Ground Forces begin a New Year's storming of Grozny.
1998	The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
1999	The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
1999	The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
1999	Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ends after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.
2000	The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
2004	The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
2009	Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
2010	Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
2011	NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
2014	A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.
2015	A fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located near the Burj Khalifa, two hours before the fireworks display is due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.
2018	Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
2019	The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020	The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine.
1984	The birth of Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
1985	The birth of Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
1985	The birth of Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
1986	The birth of Nate Freiman, American baseball player
1986	The birth of Kade Snowden, Australian rugby league player
1987	The birth of Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
1987	The birth of Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
1987	The birth of Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
1990	The birth of Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
1991	The birth of ND Stevenson, American cartoonist
1992	The birth of Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
1992	The birth of Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
1995	The birth of Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
2000	The birth of Alycia Parks, American tennis player
2001	The birth of Katie Volynets, American tennis player
2013	The death of James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
2013	The death of Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
2013	The death of Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)
2014	The death of Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)
2014	The death of S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British soldier and politician (b. 1915)
2015	The death of Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950)
2015	The death of Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (b. 1933)
2016	The death of William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)
2018	The death of Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2021	The death of Betty White, American actress, comedian and producer (b. 1922)
2022	The death of Pope Benedict XVI, German Roman Catholic cardinal and theologian, pope (2005-2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977-1982) (b. 1927)

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