Ernest J. Gaines is an African American author born on January 15, 1933. His works are widely taught in universities and translated into many languages including French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Chinese. Four of his works have been adapted into television films. Gaines won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his 1993 novel 'A Lesson Before Dying.' He is a MacArthur Fellow and has been awarded the National Humanities Medal as well as the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at the rank of Chevalier.
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Meaning of the name - Ernest
serious, earnest, determined
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Ernest J. Gaines belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Oscar
Place of Death: Oscar
Cause of Death: myocardial infarction
Educated At: Solano Community College | San Francisco State University | Stanford University
Occupation: novelist | university teacher
Employers: University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany | University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Awards Received: honorary doctor of the University of Miami | Black Literary Hall of Fame | North Star Award | Lillian Smith Book Award | Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | Dos Passos Prize | National Medal of Arts | National Humanities Medal | MacArthur Fellows Program | National Book Critics Circle Award | Guggenheim Fellowship
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on January 15, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for January 15, 2025 |
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| Sun | 25 Capricorn 7 | 25 Capricorn 48 | 27 Aries 13 |
| Moon | 10 Virgo 31 | 17 Leo 19 | 3 Aquarius 57 |
| Mercury | 10 Capricorn 46 | 10 Capricorn 38 | 0 Aries 3 |
| Venus | 1 Capricorn 37 | 12 Pisces 51 | 26 Aries 11 |
| Mars | 20 Virgo 6 | 26 Cancer 22 | 1 Virgo 2 |
| Jupiter | 22 Virgo 53 | 11 Gemini 55 | 13 Virgo 46 |
| Saturn | 5 Aquarius 55 | 15 Pisces 42 | 15 Aquarius 18 |
| Uranus | 19 Aries 34 | 23 Taurus 22 | 23 Aries 34 |
| Neptune | 9 Virgo 52 | 27 Pisces 33 | 7 Virgo 39 |
| Pluto | 22 Cancer 17 | 1 Aquarius 31 | 21 Cancer 16 |
| Rahu | 10 Pisces 7 | 0 Aries 43 | 5 Pisces 15 |
| Ketu | 10 Virgo 7 | 0 Libra 43 | 5 Virgo 15 |
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