Birth Name:

Philip Lee Williams

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Jan 30, 1950

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Athens, Georgia, United States

Age:

74

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

10°

Aqu

15'

About Philip Lee Williams

Philip Lee Williams (born January 30, 1950) is an American novelist, poet, and essayist noted for his explorations of the natural world, intense human relationships, and aging. A native of Athens, Georgia, he grew up in the nearby town of Madison. He is the winner of many literary awards including the 2004 Michael Shaara Prize for his novel A Distant Flame (St. Martin’s), an examination of southerners who were against the Confederacy’s position in the American Civil War. He is also a winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction for his novel The Heart of a Distant Forest, and has been named Georgia Author of the Year four times. In 2007, he was recipient of a Georgia Governor’s Award in the Humanities. Williams's The Divine Comics: A Vaudeville Show in Three Acts, a 1000-page re-imagining of Dante's magnum opus, was published in the fall of 2011. His latest novel, Emerson's Brother, came out in May 2012 from Mercer University Press[clarification needed]

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official web site of Philip Lee Williams[dead link]

• Profile of Williams on Southern Nature Writers web site

• Atlanta Magazine, October 2009

• Extensive interview with Williams in the Istanbul Literature Review in Turkey

• Profile and video clips of Philip Lee Williams in The New Georgia Encyclopedia

• Article about 2007 Georgia Governor’s Awards in the Humanities Recipients, including Williams

• Review of A Distant Flame by Hugh Ruppersburg on the Blogcritics web site

• Review of A Distant Flame from Civil War Book Review

• New York Times review of Williams’s first novel, The Heart of a Distant Forest

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Philip Lee Williams

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Philip Lee Williams: Sun 10 Aquarius, Moon 0 Cancer, Mercury 18 Capricorn, Venus 11 Aquarius, Mars 10 Libra, Jupiter 13 Aquarius, Saturn 18 Virgo, Uranus 1 Cancer, Neptune 17 Libra, Pluto 17 Leo, Sun Conjunct Jupiter, Sun Trine Mars, Sun Conjunct Venus, Mercury Square Neptune, Mercury Quincunx Pluto, Mercury Trine Saturn, Venus Trine Mars, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Mars Trine Jupiter, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Jupiter Opposition Pluto, Saturn Semi Sextile Neptune, Saturn Semi Sextile Pluto, Uranus Semi Square Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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