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Currently, John Barth is 93 years, 11 months and 1 days old. John Barth will celebrate 94rd birthday on a Monday 27th of May 2024. Below we countdown to John Barth upcoming birthday.
Popular As | John Barth |
Occupation | Novelist |
Age | 93 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Born | May 27, 1930 (Maryland) |
Birthday | May 27 |
Town/City | Maryland |
Nationality | Maryland |
John Barth’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
John Barth was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
An American novelist and short story writer, he is best known for The Sot-Weed Factor, a novel that focuses on a fictionalized Ebenezer Cooke. His works are often classified as both postmodernist and metafictional.
He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and subsequently taught at The Pennsylvania State University for over a decade.
He was a recipient of The National Book Award.
He and his two siblings were born in Cambridge, Maryland. He married, and later divorced, Anne Strickland.
He and John Ashbery are both considered postmodernist writers.