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Currently, Diane Wakoski is 86 years, 8 months and 17 days old. Diane Wakoski will celebrate 87rd birthday on a Saturday 3rd of August 2024. Below we countdown to Diane Wakoski upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Diane Wakoski |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 86 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 3, 1937 (California) |
| Birthday | August 3 |
| Town/City | California |
| Nationality | California |
Diane Wakoski’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Diane Wakoski was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
Confessional and deep image poet known for The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems, Emerald Ice, and other works. An acclaimed author, she received Fulbright, Guggenheim, and National Endowment for the Arts grants.
She graduated in 1960 from the University of California, Berkeley.
She taught creative writing courses at Michigan State University.
She grew up in Whittier, California. She later married Robert Turner, a Photographer.
Her 1988 poetry collection, Emerald Ice, received the prestigious william Carlos Williams Award.
