Obituary: Native American folklorist and novelist, Pulitzer winner N. Scott Momaday
“He was a kind of literary father for a lot of us,” said Joy Harjo, the country’s first Native to be named poet laureate.
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“He was a kind of literary father for a lot of us,” said Joy Harjo, the country’s first Native to be named poet laureate.
N. Scott Momaday has died at age 89 after becoming a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist. HarperCollins says he died Wednesday at his home in New Mexico. His
The Kiowa tribe member’s debut House Made of Dawn is credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature
Momaday's debut novel "House Made of Dawn" is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature
NEW YORK – N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel, “House Made of Dawn,” is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Nati...