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🎂 John Gardner - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
Currently, John Gardner is 91 years, 3 months and 27 days old. John Gardner will celebrate 92rd birthday on a Monday 21st of July 2025. Below we countdown to John Gardner upcoming birthday.
| Popular As |
John Gardner |
| Occupation |
Novelist |
| Age |
91 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
July 21, 1933 (New York) |
| Birthday |
July 21 |
| Town/City |
New York |
| Nationality |
New York |
🌙 Zodiac
John Gardner’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
John Gardner was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
About
An American novelist, essayist, and professor, he is best known for his 1971 novel, Grendel, which retells the myth of Beowulf from the monster's perspective. His other works include Nickel Mountain: A Pastoral Novel (1973) and October Light (1976).
Before Fame
He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1955 and subsequently received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He later worked as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Detroit.
Trivia
His novel, October Light, won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Family Life
He grew up in Batavia, New York as the son of an English teacher and a dairy farmer. In 1953, he married Joan Louise Patterson.
Associated With
Raymond Carver was once a student of Gardner's.
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