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Russell Banks is a screenwriter, novelist, writer (United States).
Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". He drew from his own childhood in the working class, but also from the larger world, such as his years in Jamaica. His novels often reflect "moral themes and personal relationships". Banks was a member of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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| Born | 28 March 1940 |
| Profession | screenwriter, novelist, writer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Employer | Princeton University |
| Educated at | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Spouse | Chase Twichell |
| Awards | American Book Awards, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guggenheim Fellowship, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Scorpio |
| Nakshatra | Jyeshtha (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Pisces |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Pisces |
| 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. 26 of them (8%) have the Moon in Scorpio, like Russell Banks, and 12 (4%) share the Jyeshtha Nakshatra — the #12 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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Russell Banks was born on 28 March 1940. 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.
Russell Banks's Moon sign (Rashi) is Scorpio and the Nakshatra is Jyeshtha, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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