Martin Flavin's Birth Card: The 5 of Diamonds

In the record

Martin Archer Flavin (November 2, 1883 – December 27, 1967) was an American playwright and novelist. The birth-card coordinate for November 2 is the 5 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Martin Flavin's 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Journey in the Dark.

Pulitzer Fiction record

• 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Journey in the Dark

Martin Flavin is on the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for Journey in the Dark (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1944). Martin Flavin (Q503483, Wikipedia “Martin Flavin”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. Martin Flavin is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for Martin Flavin: 1944 Journey in the Dark. Martin Flavin's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1883-11-02 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Martin Flavin, verified against Wikidata P569 1883-11-02 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for Martin Flavin is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for November 2 is 5♦. A public death date of December 27, 1967 (1967-12-27) is listed on Wikidata P570 for Martin Flavin. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Flavin is the Wikipedia article used for Martin Flavin. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Martin Flavin. It only names the calendar coordinate for November 2 and the Fiction titles already listed for Martin Flavin.

The 5 of Diamonds coordinate

Martin Flavin was born November 2, 1883 (1883-11-02). Month 11 and day 2 give solar value 31, which is the 5 of Diamonds (The Dynamic Entrepreneur). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1883 is unused, so Martin Flavin's 1883 birth year does not move the card. The 5 of Diamonds does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is not a verdict on Martin Flavin. Quoted system copy for the 5 of Diamonds, not a biography of Martin Flavin: You adjust the resource plan when the ground moves, without pretending nothing changed. You crave variety in resources and experiences. You get bored with one income stream, one investment, one way of working. You need novelty and freedom in your material life. Harvested gifts listed for the 5 of Diamonds: Quick adaptation to market changes; Ability to explore multiple income streams; Natural entrepreneurial flexibility; Gift for finding new opportunities. Harvested life-direction line for the 5 of Diamonds: Your curriculum is learning that real wealth requires staying with something long enough to build it. You're learning commitment over opportunity-chasing.

Live 5 of Diamonds meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Martin Archer Flavin was an American playwright and novelist. His novel Journey in the Dark received both the Harper Prize for 1943 and a Pulitzer Prize for 1944. His play The Criminal Code was produced on Broadway in 1929, and it was the basis for the movie The Criminal Code. He had eleven plays on Broadway between 1923 and 1937.

Martin Flavin in the public record

His novel Journey in the Dark received both the Harper Prize for 1943 and a Pulitzer Prize for 1944. His play The Criminal Code was produced on Broadway in 1929, and it was the basis for the movie The Criminal Code. He had eleven plays on Broadway between 1923 and 1937. Flavin was born on November 2, 1883, in San Francisco, California, to Martin J. Flavin and Louise Ann Archer. He grew up in Chicago and was a Sigma Chi at the University of Chicago, which he attended from 1903 to 1905. He was a U.S. Army Cavalryman during World War I, and he enjoyed riding horses for most of his life.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Martin Flavin (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 4 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Martin Flavin, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

You build a home people can count on, and you leave enough air for feeling to move.

Flavin moved to Carmel Highlands during the Great Depression to build a home on Yankee Point south of Point Lobos.

Paired on shared wording: build, home.

Also on the record

1. Flavin was married three times: to Daphne Virginia Springer on November 14, 1914, in Joliet, Illinois, Sarah Keese Arnold in 1919, and Cornelia Clampett in 1949.
2. He had three children.
3. Flavin left college to work as a reporter on a Chicago newspaper.
4. He then took over the family's business called the American Wallpaper Company.

Other Fiction winners with this card

• John Updike — 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Rabbit Is Rich; 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Rabbit at Rest
• Joshua Cohen — 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings — 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — The Yearling

FAQ

What is Martin Flavin's birth card?

The 5 of Diamonds. November 2 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Martin Flavin's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, novels, character, or fate.

Where do Martin Flavin's dates and Fiction credits come from?

Birth date 1883-11-02 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Martin Flavin, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list, which cites Pulitzer.org year pages. The Fiction line is 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Journey in the Dark. Pulitzer.org bio date status is unavailable. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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