Paul West Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at January 14, 2025 by BirthdayDBs Team
Paul West Facts
| Full Name | Paul West |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | February 23, 1930 |
| Birth Place | England |
| Age (in 2025) | 94 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Pisces |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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Paul West Age & Birthday
Paul West is best known as Novelist who has born on February 23, 1930 in England. Currently, Paul West is 94 years, 10 months and 19 days old. Paul West will celebrate 95th birthday on Sunday, 23rd of February 2025. Below the countdown to Paul West upcoming birthday.
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About
A British poet, novelist, and non-fiction author, he is best known for works such as I'm Expecting to Live Quite Soon (1970) and Love's Mansion (1992). His works tend to focus on failed relationships, life struggles, and the human will to survive. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and three Pushcart Prizes for his literary work.
Before Fame
He attended Oxford University and later studied at Columbia. He published his first novel, A Quality of Mercy, in 1961.
Trivia
He liked to compose his work on a typewriter while listening to classical music.
Family Life
He married Diane Ackerman. His wife detailed his recovery from a stroke in her memoir, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage and the Language of Healing.
Associated With
He admired the work of fellow poet Ezra Pound.
Top Asked Questions about Paul West
How old is Paul West in 2025?
Paul West is 94 years old today.
When was Paul West born?
Paul West was born on February 23, 1930 in England.
What is Paul West zodiac sign?
Paul West zodiac sign is Pisces.
What was Paul West best known for?
Paul West was best known as Novelist.
Fun Facts about Paul West's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Paul West's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Paul West was born on Sunday, 54th day / 08th week of 1930
- Paul West has Pisces zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Paul West birthday is XXIII.II.MCMXXX
- Paul West's birthstone is Amethyst
- Paul West's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
- Paul West age in year is 94 years old
- Paul West age in month is 1138 months old
- Paul West age in day is 34659 days old
- Paul West age in hour is 831816 hours old
- Paul West age in minute is 49908960 minutes old
- Paul West age in second is 2994537600 seconds old
- Next Paul West birthday is on Monday, February 23rd 2026
- Paul West age in next birthday (2026) is 95 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about February 23, 1930 birthday
Historical Events on Paul West Birthday (February 23)
Below are historical events that coincided with Paul West's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1983 | The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. |
| 1987 | Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. |
| 1988 | Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq. |
| 1991 | In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. |
| 1998 | In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people. |
| 1999 | Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. |
| 1999 | An avalanche buries the town of Galtür, Austria, killing 31. |
| 2007 | A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. |
| 2008 | A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2. |
| 2010 | Unknown criminals pour more than .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster. |
| 2012 | A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured. |
| 2017 | The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL. |
| 2019 | Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board. |
| 2020 | Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia. |
| 2021 | Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador. |
| 1987 | The birth of Ab-Soul, American rapper |
| 1987 | The birth of Theophilus London, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1987 | The birth of Zak Kirkup, Member of the Parliament of Western Australia |
| 1988 | The birth of Nicolás Gaitán, Argentinian footballer |
| 1989 | The birth of Evan Bates, American ice dancer |
| 1989 | The birth of Jérémy Pied, French footballer |
| 1990 | The birth of Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1990 | The birth of Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1992 | The birth of Casemiro, Brazilian footballer |
| 1992 | The birth of Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer |
| 1993 | The birth of Chris Grevsmuhl, Australian rugby league player |
| 1994 | The birth of Dakota Fanning, American actress |
| 1995 | The birth of Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player |
| 1996 | The birth of D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player |
| 1997 | The birth of Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player |
| 2012 | The death of David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924) |
| 2012 | The death of Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919) |
| 2013 | The death of Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918) |
| 2013 | The death of Joseph Friedenson, Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (b. 1922) |
| 2013 | The death of Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920) |
| 2013 | The death of Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945) |
| 2014 | The death of Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (b. 1903) |
| 2014 | The death of Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | The death of James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (b. 1918) |
| 2015 | The death of Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1942) |
| 2015 | The death of W. E. "Bill" Dykes, American soldier and politician (b. 1925) |
| 2016 | The death of Peter Lustig, German television host and author (b. 1937) |
| 2016 | The death of Jacqueline Mattson, American baseball player (b. 1928) |
| 2019 | The death of Katherine Helmond, American actress (b. 1929) |
| 2021 | The death of Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1930) |
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