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Also Known As Navarre Scott Momaday
Born February 27, 1934 • Lawton • Oklahoma
Died January 24, 2024 (aged 89) • Santa Fe • New Mexico
Awards And Honors National Medal of Arts (2007) • Pulitzer Prize (1969)
Notable Works “Again the Far Morning: New and Selected Poems” • “Angle of Geese and Other Poems” • “Circle of Wonder: A Native American Christmas Story” • “House Made of Dawn” • “The Journey of Tai-me” • “The Ancient Child” • “The Gourd Dancer”

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Viet Thanh Nguyen
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