Some words arrive carrying more than information, and you recognize it before you can explain why. A person speaks plainly and something in you eases before you've even had time to understand why, and the sentence continues living in your mind long after the room itself is gone.
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It is with a heavy heart that we remember N. Scott Momaday, the first Native American to receive the Pulitzer Prize, who passed away recently.
In 1993, Momaday sat down for a documentary about his life, delving into his Native American heritage and childhood, and reading segments from his novels.
To watch the full program, visit https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-022f33d5c32
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Half-hour portrait of writer N. Scott Momaday. Funded by Pacific Mountain Network (PMN). Accepted for PBS broadcast in 1993; PMN feed in November 1993. Received Honorable Mention, PMN “Best of the West” Awards, 1993; regional Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievement: Biographical/Historical Documentary, 1993. Distributed by PBS Adult Learning Service and PBS Video, 1996.
N. Scott Momaday books: top reads by pioneering Native American author, who died aged 89
"His Kiowa heritage was deeply meaningful to him and he devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture"
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N. Scott Momaday , one of the most prolific contemporary Native American writers, has passed away at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Momaday, who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 for his debut novel “House Made of Dawn,” was a storyteller, poet, and educator. He was 89.
Here's a December PBS American Masters interview with Scott Momaday, where he discusses his Pulitzer prize, approach to writing, legacy and hopes. "I think man, mankind, has a tremendous capacity for adjustment and survival. It’s been true in the case of the Native American certainly. One could not see how he could survive 100 years ago. But, look, he’s there. And I think he will be there in the future. In what appearance, what guise, what costume, I don’t know. But I think he’ll be there. It’s the spirit that counts and the spirit is indomitable."
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer N. Scott Momaday has died at 89. The Kiowa novelist, essayist and poet was the first Native American to win the fiction Pulitzer with his 1968 book "House Made of Dawn" and his work inspired a generation of authors including Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch and Louise Erdrich. “He was a kind of literary father for a lot of us,” poet laureate Joy Harjo told The Associated Press. “He showed how potent and powerful language and words were in shaping our very existence.”
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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 debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is credited as the start of contemporary Native American literature. It was published in 1968 and tells of a World War II soldier who struggles to fit back in at home. Much of it was based on Momaday’s childhood in New Mexico and his conflicts between the ways of his ancestors and the outside world. He was born in Oklahoma and was a member of the Kiowa Tribe.
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