Birth Name: Michael Dorris
Occupation: Memoirist
Place Of Birth: Kentucky
Date Of Birth: January 30, 1945
Date Of Death: April 10, 1997
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Michael Dorris was born on the 30th of January, 1945. He was known for being a Memoirist. An American author and scholar, he is best known for his memoir, The Broken Cord, and for his novel, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. He was the 1989 recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction.
Michael Dorris was born in Kentucky. He studied English, Classics, and anthropology at Georgetown University and Yale University and later taught at Dartmouth College. After being accused of sexual abuse by two of his daughters, he committed suicide at the age of fifty-two.
Michael Dorris was a Aquarius and was born in the Baby Boomers Generation.
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Childhood
Michael Dorris was born in 1940s. The early 1940s were dominated by World War II. Following the end of the war, it was the start of the Baby Boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for Space Exploration and Improved Air Travel. The 40s also brought us the Slinky, Velcro, Jeep, Tupperware and Frisbee. Discover what happened on this day.
Michael Dorris is part of the Baby boomers generation. Also known as "boomers", are the result of the end of World War II, when birth rates across the world spiked. They are associated with a rejection of traditional values. These hippie kids protested against the Vietnam War and participated in the civil rights movement.
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Michael Dorris was born in the Year of the Rooster.
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| REAL NAME: | Michael Dorris |
| NICKNAME: | Michael |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Baby Boomers Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aquarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Tuesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Thursday |
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Zodiac Sign: Michael Dorris was a Aquarius. People of this zodiac sign like to have fun with friends, help others, fight for causes, are a good listener and dislike broken promises, being bored, and people who disagree with them. The strengths of this sign are being independent, original, while the weaknesses can be running from emotional expression, temperamental and uncompromising. The greatest overall compatibility with Aquarius is Leo and Sagittarius.
Chinese Zodiac: Michael Dorris was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are honest, observant and hardworking. They seldom rely on other people in daily life, which can make them impatient when dealing with others.
Ruling Planet: Michael Dorris had a ruling planet of Uranus and has a ruling planet of Uranus. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Neptune and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Michael Dorris’s birth sign is Aquarius and he had a ruling planet of Uranus.
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