Birth Name:

William Melvin Kelley

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Nov 01, 1937

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Staten Island, New York, United States

Age:

86

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

8°

Sco

52'

About William Melvin Kelley

William Melvin Kelley (November 1, 1937 – February 1, 2017) was an African-American novelist and short-story writer. He is perhaps best known for his debut novel, A Different Drummer, published in 1962. He was also a university professor and creative writing instructor. In 2008, he received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. Kelley is credited with being the first to commit the term "woke" to print, in the title of a 1962 New York Times op-ed on the use of African-American slang by beatniks: If You're Woke, You Dig It.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for William Melvin Kelley: Sun 8 Scorpio, Moon 22 Libra, Mercury 10 Scorpio, Venus 16 Libra, Mars 22 Capricorn, Jupiter 21 Capricorn, Saturn 29 Pisces, Uranus 11 Taurus, Neptune 20 Virgo, Pluto 0 Leo, Sun Opposition Uranus, Mercury Opposition Uranus, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Venus Square Jupiter, Mars Conjunct Jupiter, Mars Trine Neptune, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Saturn Semi Square Uranus, Saturn Trine Pluto

Categories related to William Melvin Kelley: Harvard University alumni, November 1 births, 2017 deaths, 20th-century American novelists, Novelists from New York (state), 20th-century American male writers, The New School faculty, American male novelists, African-American novelists, American male short story writers, State University of New York faculty, Sarah Lawrence College faculty, Jewish American novelists, 20th-century American short story writers, Ethical Culture Fieldston School alumni, 1937 births, Writers from Manhattan

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