2008 Native Writers Series #1 - N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) is a poet, novelist, playwright, scholar, and artist. In 1969, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his first novel, House Made of Dawn (Harper & Row). He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in 1960 and 1963, respectively. Momaday is regarded as the foremost author in Native American literature.

Momaday has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous academic degrees, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was a founding trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian and founded the Buffalo Trust, a non-profit foundation for the preservation and revitalization of Native American cultural heritage. His latest book, Three Plays (University of Oklahoma, October 2007), is a collection of two plays and a screenplay, never before published. Momaday last appeared at the museum in December 2005, and his poem, "Sacajawea," is included in the Native Writers anthology CD, Pulling Down the Clouds.

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[LovingLifeandWords]

Enchanting.. I LOVE his work..

[whateverlarry]

i was there for this! it was so awesome. i didn't know much about n. scott momaday beforehand, but this was awesome. his voice is so soothing. :)

[charmee9]

This is right on excellent Momaday is one of my heroes.

[freetofinn]

So glad this was posted. It is fantastic to hear Mr.Momaday speak!!!