Birthdate: December 31, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Junot Díaz, a well-known Dominican-American writer and creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is celebrated for his exploration of the immigrant experience, specifically focusing on Latino immigrants. He has been a fiction editor at Boston Review and is actively engaged with Freedom University, providing educational opportunities for undocumented immigrants. Díaz is the creator of the character “Yunior” who appears in much of his writing. His achievements include receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a MacArthur Fellowship.
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