DM

Birth Name:

Dinaw Mengestu

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Jun 30, 1978

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Age:

45

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

8°

Can

13'

About Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu (born 30 June 1978) is an Ethiopian-American novelist and writer. In addition to three novels, he has written for Rolling Stone on the war in Darfur, and for Jane Magazine on the conflict in northern Uganda. His writing has also appeared in Harper's, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous other publications. He is the Program Director of Written Arts at Bard College. In 2007 the National Book Foundation named him a "5 under 35" honoree. Since his first book was published in 2007, he has received numerous literary awards, and was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 2012.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Linda Kulman, "Dinaw Mengestu Captures Immigrant Life", NPR, 19 February 2008.

• Sarah Crown, "Ethiopian-American wins Guardian First Book Award", The Guardian, 5 December 2007

• "Dinaw Mengestu", culturebase.net

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Dinaw Mengestu

Astrological portrait of Dinaw Mengestu

Current important phases/events in Dinaw Mengestu’s life

Dinaw Mengestu's relationships

Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Dinaw Mengestu: Sun 8 Cancer, Moon 12 Taurus, Mercury 25 Cancer, Venus 16 Leo, Mars 9 Virgo, Jupiter 15 Cancer, Saturn 27 Leo, Uranus 12 Scorpio, Neptune 16 Sagittarius, Pluto 13 Libra, Sun Trine Uranus, Sun Sextile Mars, Mercury Semi Square Mars, Mercury Semi Sextile Saturn, Venus Semi Sextile Jupiter, Venus Square Uranus, Venus Trine Neptune, Venus Sextile Pluto, Mars Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Jupiter Quincunx Neptune, Jupiter Square Pluto, Saturn Semi Square Pluto, Uranus Semi Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Dinaw Mengestu: Living people, 21st-century American novelists, June 30 births, American male non-fiction writers, American male novelists, 21st-century American male writers, Illinois, 21st-century American non-fiction writers, MacArthur Fellows, Novelists from Illinois, Writers from Peoria, Columbia University School of the Arts alumni, Georgetown University alumni, 1978 births, American magazine journalists, Ethiopian emigrants to the United States, People from Addis Ababa, American writers of African descent