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N. Scott Momaday
Sign in to saveAlso known as Navarre Scott Momaday, Navarre Scott Mammedaty, Tsoai-talee, Rock Tree Boy
Kiowa author and academic (1934–2024)
Film & TV
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
N. Scott Momaday was born on February 27, 1934 in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA as Navarre Scott Mammedaty. He is known for his work on House Made of Dawn (1972), More Than Bows & Arrows (1978) and Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert (2005). He has been married to Regina Heitzer since July 21, 1979. They have one child. He was previously married to Gaye Mangold.
Known for
- The American Buffalo — Narrator (voice)2023
- Words from a Bear — Self2019
- Sky Island — (voice)2010
- The West — Self - Writer1996
- Momaday: Voice of the West — Self1993
- Return to Rainy Mountain — Self
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lawton
- Place of death
- Santa Fe
- Occupation
- scholar of English
- Educated at
- University of Virginia
- Employer
- University of Arizona
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Robert Frost Medal
- Field of work
- English-language literature
- Genre
- fiction literature
- Image
- N Scott Momaday 1977 (cropped).jpeg
- Residence
- Tucson
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- birth name
- Navarre Scott Momaday
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- N. Scott Momaday
- date of birth
- 1934-02-27
- nominated for
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of the American Indian
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- floruit
- 1982-01-01
- ethnic group
- Kiowa people
- date of death
- 2024-01-24
- Commons category
- N. Scott Momaday
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