Alicia Ostriker

American poet and scholar

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Occupation

writer

Born in

Brooklyn

Born

November 11, 1937

Zodiac

Scorpio

32,432

days alive

88

years old

Born
November 11, 1937 in 🇺🇸Brooklyn
Zodiac
♏︎Scorpio·ox 🐂
Updated Jul 2026

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Sun Sign

Scorpio♏︎

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Moon Sign

Aquarius♒︎

Dominant Element

Water

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Planetary positions calculated for November 11, 1937

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2017
Day 28,906
Age 79

Published 'Waiting for the Light'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2017

Published her poetry collection 'Waiting for the Light'.

2014
Day 27,810
Age 76

Published 'The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2014

Published 'The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog: A Novel'.

2009
Day 25,984
Age 71

Published 'The Book of Seventy'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2009

Published 'The Book of Seventy'.

2006
Day 24,888
Age 68

Awarded the William Carlos Williams Award

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2006

Received the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.

2005
Day 24,523
Age 67

Published 'No Heaven'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2005

Published 'No Heaven'.

1986
Day 17,583
Age 48

Published 'Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women's Poetry in America'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1986

Published 'Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women's Poetry in America'.

1980
Day 15,391
Age 42

Published 'The Mother/Child Papers'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1980

Published 'The Mother/Child Papers'.

1975
Day 13,565
Age 37

Published 'A Woman Under the Surface'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1975

Published 'A Woman Under the Surface: Poems and Prose'.

1967
Day 10,643
Age 29

Began teaching at Rutgers University

Confidence
92%
Jan 1, 1967
1965
Day 9,913
Age 27

Published 'Vision and Verse in William Blake'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1965

Published 'Vision and Verse in William Blake'.

1964
Day 9,547
Age 26

Ph.D. in English, University of Wisconsin

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1964

Received Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin.

1959
Day 7,721
Age 21

Married Jeremiah Ostriker

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1959

Married Jeremiah Ostriker.

Day 7,721
Age 21

Graduated from Brandeis University

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1959

Graduated from Brandeis University.

1955
Day 6,260
Age 17

Attended Brandeis University

Confidence
92%
Jan 1, 1955
1937
Day 0
Age 0

Born in Brooklyn, New York

Confidence
96%
Nov 11, 1937

Born in Brooklyn, New York.