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Currently, Jonathan Franzen is 65 years, 4 months and 5 days old. Jonathan Franzen will celebrate 66rd birthday on a Sunday 17th of August 2025. Below we countdown to Jonathan Franzen upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Jonathan Franzen |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Age | 65 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 17, 1959 (Western Springs, IL) |
| Birthday | August 17 |
| Town/City | Western Springs, IL |
| Nationality | IL |
Jonathan Franzen’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Jonathan Franzen was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
An American Novelist, he is best known for works such as The Corrections and Freedom. The latter novel focuses on an elderly Midwestern couple and their three children.
While attending Wayne State University, he studied abroad in Germany and became fluent in German.
He won a National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
He married Valerie Cornell in 1982; they later divorced.
He was close friends with Writer David Foster Wallace.
