House Made of Dawn

Informationen zum Autor N Scott Momaday (1934-2024) was a Kiowa novelist, poet, painter and teacher. 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. In 2004 he was appointed an Artist for Peace by UNESCO for his outstanding achievements as a writer and painter, and in recognition of his actions in support of the restorations and preservation of Native American heritage and cultural traditions. Momaday received the National Medal of Arts in 2007 for his work's celebration and preservation of indigenous oral and art tradition. He held numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Klappentext The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece set against the landscape of the American Southwest. 'Superb' New York Times Zusammenfassung The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece set against the landscape of the American Southwest. 'Superb' New York Times

Product details

• Authors: N Scott Momaday, N. Scott Momaday
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781474616959
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-1695-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Indigenous, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary