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N. Scott Momaday Biography

Birth Name:Navarre Scott Mammedaty

Birth Place:Lawton, Oklahoma, United States

Profession Writer

Fast Facts

  • In 1969, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • Received the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992
  • In 2007, he received the National Medal of the Arts
  • Is a member of the Kiowa Native American Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Attended Stanford University, where he earned his Ph․D․ in 1963
  • Is the father of screen actress Jill Scott Momaday
  • Is best known as the author of the book "House Made of Dawn․"