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Currently, Naomi Shihab Nye is 72 years, 8 months and 10 days old. Naomi Shihab Nye will celebrate 73rd birthday on a Wednesday 12th of March 2025. Below we countdown to Naomi Shihab Nye upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Naomi Shihab Nye |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | March 12, 1952 (St. Louis, MO) |
| Birthday | March 12 |
| Town/City | St. Louis, MO |
| Nationality | MO |
Naomi Shihab Nye’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.
Naomi Shihab Nye was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Palestinian-American poet and author known for Different Ways to Pray, Yellow Glove, Hugging the Jukebox, and other poetry collections. Her literary honors include the Paterson Poetry Prize and numerous Pushcart Prizes.
She studied at Trinity University and made San Antonio, Texas her home. She published Different Ways to Pray, her debut poetry collection, in 1980.
She received the 2013 Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature.
She married Michael Nye and she has a son named Madison. She was born into a family of Swiss, German, and Palestinian heritage, and her life and work were impacted greatly by a 1966 visit with her Palestinian grandmother.
Her poetic style has been compared to that of Wallace Stevens.
