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N. Scott Momaday

1934 - 2024

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Navarre Scotte Momaday (February 27, 1934–January 24, 2024) was a Kiowa and American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. 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 a tribute published upon his death, Joy Harjo (Mvskoke), 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, noted that in House Made of Dawn, "Momaday found a way to move eloquently between oral storytelling forms and the written English novel form. The trajectory of the book moves from sunrise to sunrise, making a circle - a story structure recognizable in Indigenous oral history, yet following traditional American literary shape and expectations of a novel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. N. Scott Momaday is the 6,303rd most popular writer (down from 6,220th in 2019), the 11,508th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,797th in 2019) and the 836th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, N. Scott Momaday ranks 6,303 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard K. Morgan, Crane Wilbur, Polly Samson, Peter Stamm, Meg Cabot, and Sándor Csoóri. After him are Mulk Raj Anand, Brian Stableford, Hammond Innes, Abby Mann, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, and Eric Van Lustbader.

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Among people born in 1934, N. Scott Momaday ranks 535. Before him are Ruskin Bond, Maurice Norman, Désiré Rakotoarijaona, Bob Uecker, Sydney Schanberg, and José María Maguregui. After him are Peter Schamoni, Christian Wolff, Robert Stigwood, Mary Carter Reitano, Alan Garner, and Ed Flanders. Among people deceased in 2024, N. Scott Momaday ranks 460. Before him are Al Attles, Edward C. Stone, Phil Lesh, Johnny Gaudreau, Buddy MacKay, and Igors Rausis. After him are Brian Stableford, Ken Page, Roberto Chale, Choi Dae-shik, Michael Jayston, and Kelvin Kiptum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, N. Scott Momaday ranks 11,510 out of 20,380. Before him are Tex Gibbons (1907), Mimi Kennedy (1948), Theo Rossi (1975), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1956), Art Clokey (1921), and William Eustis (1753). After him are B. J. Novak (1979), Kurt Sutter (1960), Ja Rule (1976), Ezra Taft Benson (1899), Jim Starlin (1949), and Nicki Aycox (1975).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, N. Scott Momaday ranks 836. Before him are Bayard Taylor (1825), John Toll (1952), William H. Gass (1924), Gillian Flynn (1971), Crane Wilbur (1886), and Meg Cabot (1967). After him are Abby Mann (1927), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), John Clellon Holmes (1926), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), and Stephen R. Donaldson (1947).

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