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Currently, Nikki Giovanni is 80 years, 10 months and 21 days old. Nikki Giovanni will celebrate 81rd birthday on a Friday 7th of June 2024. Below we countdown to Nikki Giovanni upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Nikki Giovanni |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 80 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | June 7, 1943 (Knoxville, TN) |
| Birthday | June 7 |
| Town/City | Knoxville, TN |
| Nationality | TN |
Nikki Giovanni’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.
Nikki Giovanni was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
African-American poet, author, and professor known for Bicycles: Love Poems; Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day; and Black Judgement. She also wrote several children's books, including Spin a Soft Black Song and The Sun is So Quiet.
She attended Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University.
She was teaching creative writing at Virginia Tech in 2007, when the April 16 campus massacre occurred. Her words, "We are Virginia Tech...We will prevail," became a rallying cry for traumatized students.
She was born in Tennessee, and she grew up in Ohio. She has a son named Thomas.
The National Public Radio program, All Things Considered, commissioned Giovanni to write a poem for the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama.
