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Paul Theroux is a travel writer, novelist, literary critic (United States).
Paul Edward Theroux ( thə-ROO; born April 10, 1941) is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name. He is the father of English-American authors and documentary filmmakers Marcel and Louis Theroux, the brother of authors Alexander Theroux and Peter Theroux, and uncle of the American actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux.
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| Born | 10 April 1941 |
| Profession | travel writer, novelist, literary critic |
| Nationality | United States |
| Employer | National University of Singapore |
| Educated at | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Medford High School |
| Children | Marcel Theroux, Louis Theroux |
| Awards | Patron’s Medal, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Eagle Scout |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Virgo |
| Nakshatra | Hasta (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Pisces |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Libra |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 29 of them (9%) have the Moon in Virgo, like Paul Theroux, and 9 (3%) share the Hasta Nakshatra — the #22 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Paul Theroux was born on 10 April 1941. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Paul Theroux's Moon sign (Rashi) is Virgo and the Nakshatra is Hasta, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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