Junot Diaz date of birth:
December 31, 1968
How old is Junot Diaz?
56
Where was Junot Diaz born?
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Junot Diaz body shape:
Slim
What color are Junot Diaz's eyes?
Black
What color is Junot Diaz's hair?
Bald
Is Junot Diaz gay or straight?
Straight
What is Junot Diaz's ethnicity?
Multiracial
What is Junot Diaz nationality?
Dominican
What is Junot Diaz's occupation?
Novelist, professor, writer
Short Biography
Junot Díaz (born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican American writer, creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and fiction editor at Boston Review. He also serves on the board of advisers for Freedom University, a volunteer organization in Georgia that provides post-secondary instruction to undocumented immigrants. Central to Díaz's work is the immigrant experience. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, in 2008. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow.