As per our current Database, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is 82 years, 8 months and 28 days old. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak will celebrate 83rd birthday on a Monday 24th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
| Age | 82 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | February 24, 1942 (India) |
| Birthday | February 24 |
| Town/City | India |
| Nationality | India |
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 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.
A literary theorist who was best known for the important post-colonial work Can the Subaltern Speak? She also won the Padma Bhushan award.
She earned her M.A. in English from Cornell University.
She became the first non-white University Professor at Columbia University in its over 260-year history.
She was married to Writer Talbot Spivak for a short time in the 1960s.
She and French poet Aime Cesaire both spoke out against colonialism.
