N. Scott Momaday

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1934 –

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Who is N. Scott Momaday?

Navarre Scott Momaday is a Native American author of Kiowa descent. His work House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969.

Momaday is considered the founding author in what critic Kenneth Lincoln has coined the Native American Renaissance.

House Made of Dawn is considered a classic in Native American Literature.

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Born
Feb 27, 1934
Lawton
Also known as
  • Navarre Scott Momaday
Ethnicity
  • Kiowa people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Stanford University
  • University of New Mexico
  • Doctor of Humane Letters
Lived in
  • Lawton

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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