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Currently, Diane Ackerman is 76 years, 2 months and 15 days old. Diane Ackerman will celebrate 77rd birthday on a Tuesday 7th of October 2025. Below we countdown to Diane Ackerman upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Diane Ackerman |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 76 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Born | October 7, 1948 (Illinois) |
| Birthday | October 7 |
| Town/City | Illinois |
| Nationality | Illinois |
Diane Ackerman’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
Diane Ackerman was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Illinois-born poet, author, and naturalist known for a 1990 nonfiction work entitled A Natural History of the Senses. Her other publications include Wife of Light (poems), Animal Sense (children's poems), and The Zookeeper's Wife (nonfiction).
She studied English at Pennsylvania State University and went on to attend Cornell University for graduate school.
Her best-known book inspired a NOVA miniseries called Mystery of the Senses.
She married author and poet Paul West in 1983.
Carl Sagan was her dissertation advisor at Cornell University.
