N. Scott Momaday
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
- In 2007, he received the National Medal of the Arts
- Received the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992
- 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․"