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🎂 Kevin Young - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
Currently, Kevin Young is 54 years, 1 months and 14 days old. Kevin Young will celebrate 55rd birthday on a Saturday 8th of November 2025. Below we countdown to Kevin Young upcoming birthday.
| Popular As |
Kevin Young |
| Occupation |
Poet |
| Age |
54 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
November 8, 1970 (Nebraska) |
| Birthday |
November 8 |
| Town/City |
Nebraska |
| Nationality |
Nebraska |
🌙 Zodiac
Kevin Young’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Kevin Young was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
About
A winner of the Quill Award and the Patterson Poetry Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award, he penned several acclaimed poetry collections, including Most Way Home; Jelly Roll; and To Repel Ghosts.
Before Fame
He began writing in his early teens and went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Brown University. In addition, he was a Stanford University Stegner literary fellow.
Trivia
He held creative writing professorships at Indiana University, the University of Georgia, and Emory University.
Family Life
The son of a scientist mother and a physician father, he spent his early years in several states, including Nebraska and Kansas.
Associated With
Many of his poems, including the 2005 Best American Poetry selection "Black Cat Blues," were influenced by the work of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Young's other major literary influences include confessional poet John Berryman and primitivist and neo-expressionist visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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