Birth Name:

Paul West (writer)

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Feb 23, 1930

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Eckington, England, United Kingdom

Age:

94

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

4°

Pis

9'

About Paul West (writer)

Paul Noden West (23 February 1930 – 18 October 2015) was a British-born American novelist, poet, and essayist. He was born in Eckington, Derbyshire in England to Alfred and Mildred (Noden) West. Before his death, he resided in Ithaca, New York, with his wife Diane Ackerman, a writer, poet, and naturalist. West is the author of more than 50 books.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "Word Patriots—Paul West Early Years" November 2011 radio program/podcast discussing West's early work; hosted by Mark Seinfelt.

• 'Mem, Mem, Mem' After a stroke, West struggles to say how the mental world of aphasia looks and feels. According to his wife Diane Ackerman: "this is an excerpt from The Shadow Factory, the aphasic memoir West dictated with such struggle and resolve, 'forcing language back on itself.' "

• "The Paul West Experience – Liberating the Microcosms" An homage from former student Edward Desautels, delivered at the 4th Biennial &Now Festival of Innovative Writing & the Literary Arts, 2009, Buffalo, NY as part of the panel "Purple Mind: A Paul West Panel."

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Paul West (writer): Sun 4 Pisces, Moon 8 Capricorn, Mercury 9 Aquarius, Venus 8 Pisces, Mars 13 Aquarius, Jupiter 7 Gemini, Saturn 9 Capricorn, Uranus 9 Aries, Neptune 2 Virgo, Pluto 17 Cancer, Sun Opposition Neptune, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Square Jupiter, Sun Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Semi Sextile Saturn, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Venus Square Jupiter, Venus Sextile Saturn, Venus Semi Sextile Uranus, Mars Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Quincunx Saturn, Jupiter Sextile Uranus, Saturn Square Uranus, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Paul West (writer): 2015 deaths, 1930 births, February 23 births, 21st-century British novelists, British male novelists, 21st-century British male writers, 20th-century British male writers, Derbyshire, British poets, 20th-century British novelists, British male poets, Royal Air Force officers, Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state), People from Eckington

Photo attribution: Liz Butler, Paul West's Literary Assistant, Liz Butler