Birth Name: Walter Dean Myers
Occupation: Young Adult Author
Place Of Birth: Martinsburg
Date Of Birth: August 12, 1937
Date Of Death: July 1, 2014
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Walter Dean Myers was born on the 12th of August, 1937. He was best known for being a Young Adult Author. National Book Award-winning author of young adult novels, he iss best known for Fallen Angels, a book unique among others in its genre for its use of adult language and its realistic portrayal of war.
Walter Dean Myers was born in Martinsburg. He began serving in the U.S. Army at the age of seventeen. His first work, The Life of a Harlem Man, was published in 1968. Fallen Angels, as well as two of his other novels, Hoops (1981) and Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff (1975), appeared, at one point, on the ALA’s list of banned books. He became the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for the Library of Congress.
Walter Dean Myers was a Leo and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Walter Dean Myers was born in 1930s. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. Despite the Great Depression, Hollywood and popular film production flourished. Radio was the main source of entertainment, information, and political propaganda, and jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music, became immensely popular. Discover what happened on this day.
Walter Dean Myers is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Walter Dean Myers was born in the Year of the Ox.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Walter Dean Myers |
| NICKNAME: | Walter |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Leo |
| BIRTH DAY: | Thursday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Walter Dean Myers was a Leo. People of this zodiac sign like to be admired, expensive things, bright colors, and dislike being ignored, facing difficulties, not being treated specially. The strengths of this sign are being creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous, while weaknesses can be arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, lazy and inflexible. The greatest overall compatibility with Leo is Aquarius, Gemini.
Chinese Zodiac: Walter Dean Myers was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are persistent and straightforward. They have a strong faith and can be seen as stubborn in their old ways.
Ruling Planet: Walter Dean Myers had a ruling planet of Sun and has a ruling planet of Sun and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Sun. The Sun is about vitality and is the core giver of life. It is also known as being the most generous and noble of signs. People who are born with the Sun as the ruling planet are courageous, self-expressive and bold.
Walter Dean Myers’s birth sign is Leo and he had a ruling planet of Sun.
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