Dan Washburn, 1973
Writers · October 31, 1973
Dan Washburn
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Dan Washburn is 52 years old, born October 31, 1973 in United States · Scorpio.
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About
Dan Washburn is an American writer and journalist who authored The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, named one of the best books of 2014 by The Financial Times. Born in Danville, Pennsylvania on October 31, 1973, he spent nearly a decade based in Shanghai as founding editor of Shanghaiist and has contributed to Slate, The Atlantic, Financial Times, and ESPN.com. As a Scorpio, Washburn channels investigative depth into long-form narrative work.
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Biography
Dan Washburn is an American writer and journalist born October 31, 1973 in Danville, Pennsylvania. His 2014 book The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream was named one of the best books of that year by The Financial Times, establishing him as a major nonfiction voice. From 2002 to 2011, Washburn was based in Shanghai, China, where he founded Shanghaiist, part of the Gothamist network of city websites, and became known for regional digital journalism. His journalism has appeared in Slate, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Golf World, Golf Digest, ESPN.com, and Financial Times Weekend Magazine. Before moving abroad, Washburn was a sports writer for The Times in Gainesville, Georgia, where he won the Georgia Sports Writers Association's top prize in outdoors writing four years consecutively and was named Georgia's top sports columnist in 2001. His work was featured in the 2008 anthology Inside The Ropes: Sportswriters Get Their Game On and the 2013 collection Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China. As a screenwriter and journalist, Washburn blends reportage with narrative craft, moving fluidly between sports writing, cultural criticism, and long-form book projects. A Scorpio with Life Path 7, his career reflects the sign's investigative instinct and the number's affinity for research and depth. He is currently Chief Content Officer at Asia Society in New York City and lives in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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Before Fame
Before establishing himself as a major writer, Dan Washburn worked as a sports writer for The Times in Gainesville, Georgia, where he won the Georgia Sports Writers Association's top prize in outdoors writing four years in a row and was named Georgia's top sports columnist in 2001. These early wins in regional sports journalism laid the foundation for his later international reporting and book-length narrative work.
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Trivia
- The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream was named one of the best books of 2014 by The Financial Times.
- Washburn is the founding editor of Shanghaiist, part of the Gothamist network of city websites, established during his decade in Shanghai.
- He won the Georgia Sports Writers Association's top prize in outdoors writing four years consecutively and was named Georgia's top sports columnist in 2001.
- Washburn's work was featured in the 2008 anthology Inside The Ropes: Sportswriters Get Their Game On and the 2013 collection Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China.
- He is currently Chief Content Officer at Asia Society in New York City.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Seeker
Analytical and private. Dan Washburn release rarely but deeply, and tend to reward fans with unusual artistic depth rather than constant output.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- PinkPantheressSnake · 2001
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- Khvicha KvaratskheliaSnake · 2001
- Yann GbohoSnake · 2001
- Milo ManheimSnake · 2001
CHALLENGING
- Brian GutiérrezGoat · 2003
- An Yu-jin
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Frequently asked
- How old is Dan Washburn?
- Dan Washburn is 52 years old (born October 31, 1973).
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- Dan Washburn was born on October 31, 1973.
- What is Dan Washburn's zodiac sign?
- Dan Washburn is a Scorpio, born October 31, 1973.
- What is Dan Washburn's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Dan Washburn was born in 1973, the year of the Water Ox.
- Where is Dan Washburn from?
- Dan Washburn is from United States.
- What does Dan Washburn do?
- Dan Washburn is a writer.
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