Birth Name:

James Thomas Harrison

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Dec 11, 1937

Time of Birth:

11:00 AM

Place of Birth:

Grayling, Michigan, United States

Age:

87

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

19°

Sag

13'

Moon

26°

Pis

43'

Asc

2°

Aqu

18'

MC

27°

Sco

30'

About Jim Harrison

James Harrison (December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books in several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and memoir. He wrote screenplays, book reviews, literary criticism, and published essays on food, travel, and sport. Harrison indicated that, of all his writing, his poetry meant the most to him.:1 He published 24 novellas during his lifetime and is considered "America’s foremost master" of that form. His first commercial success:5 came with the 1979 publication of the trilogy of novellas, Legends of the Fall, two of which were made into movies. Harrison's work has been translated into multiple languages including French, Greek, Chinese, and Russian. He was the recipient of multiple awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship (1969), the Mark Twain Award for distinguished contributions to Midwestern literature (1990), and induction into the American Academy of Arts & Letters (2007). Harrison wrote that "The dream that I could write a good poem, a good novel, or even a good movie for that matter, has devoured my life.":2

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Biographical note, poems, and prose by Jim Harrison at the Poetry Foundation.

• Jim Harrison Papers at Grand Valley State University features a chronology of his life.

• "Pleasures of the Hard-Worn Life" New York Times article by Charles McGrath (includes video)

• "The Last Lion" Outside Magazine, October 2011

• Review of The Summer He Didn't Die in Narrative Magazine, (Fall 2005).

• Jim Harrison on IMDb.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jim Harrison: Sun 19 Sagittarius, Moon 26 Pisces, Mercury 9 Capricorn, Venus 6 Sagittarius, Mars 22 Aquarius, Jupiter 28 Capricorn, Saturn 28 Pisces, Uranus 10 Taurus, Neptune 21 Virgo, Pluto 29 Cancer, Asc 2 Aquarius, Mc 27 Scorpio, Moon Trine Midheaven, Sun Square Neptune, Moon Trine Pluto, Sun Sextile Mars, Moon Conjunct Saturn, Sun Semi Square Ascendant, Moon Sextile Jupiter, Moon Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Semi Square Mars, Mercury Trine Uranus, Mercury Semi Square Midheaven, Venus Sextile Ascendant, Mars Quincunx Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Opposition Pluto, Jupiter Conjunct Ascendant, Jupiter Sextile Midheaven, Saturn Trine Pluto, Saturn Sextile Ascendant, Saturn Trine Midheaven, Pluto Opposition Ascendant, Pluto Trine Midheaven

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