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N. Scott Momaday (1934–2024)

Auteur van House Made of Dawn

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Navarre Scott Momaday was born on February 27, 1934 in Lawton, Okla. to Kiowa parents who successfully bridged the gap between Native American and white ways, but remained true to their heritage. Momaday attended the University of New Mexico and earned an M.A and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in toon meer 1963. A member of the Gourd Dance Society of the Kiowa Tribe, Momaday has received a plethora of writing accolades, including the Academy of American Poets prize for The Bear and the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for House Made of Dawn. He also shared the Western Heritage Award with David Muench in 1974 for the nonfiction book Colorado: Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring, and he is the author of the film adaptation of Frank Water's novel, The Man Who Killed the Deer. His work, The Names is composed of tribal tales, boyhood memories, and family histories. Another book, The Way to Rainy Mountain, melds myth, history, and personal recollection into a Kiowa tribe narrative. Throughout his writings, Momaday celebrate his Kiowa Native American heritage in structure, theme, and subject matter, often dealing with the man-nature relationship as a central theme and sustaining the Indian oral tradition. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van N. Scott Momaday

House Made of Dawn (1968) 1,924 exemplaren
The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969) 852 exemplaren
The Ancient Child (1989) 239 exemplaren
The Names: A Memoir (1976) 168 exemplaren
In the Bear's House (1999) 71 exemplaren
The Gourd Dancer: [Poems] (1976) 27 exemplaren
Gifts of pride and love : Kiowa and Comanche cradles (2001) — Introductie — 24 exemplaren

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