N. Scott Momaday
1934 – 2024 · b. Lawton · d. Santa Fe
United States
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Biography
Navarre Scott Momaday was a Kiowa and American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and is considered the first major work of the Native American Renaissance.
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Awards
- Robert Frost Medal (2021)No list
- Ken Burns American Heritage Prize (2019)No list
- Owen Wister Award (2010)No list
- honorary doctorate at the Blaise-Pascal university (2003)No list
- St. Louis Literary Award (2000)No list
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1969)
- Guggenheim FellowshipNo list
- National Medal of ArtsNo list
Notable Works
Education
- University of Virginia
- Stanford University — Doctor of Philosophy
- University of New Mexico — Bachelor of Arts
- Augusta Military Academy
