Linda Hogan (writer)
Linda Hogan | |
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 Hogan in 2007 | |
| Born | July 16, 1947 [1] Denver, Colorado, U.S.[1] |
| Occupation | Author, professor[1] |
| Education | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (BA) University of Colorado, Boulder (MA) |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| LindaHoganWriter.com | |
Linda K. Hogan (née Henderson, born July 16, 1947) is an American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories.[2] She previously served as the Chickasaw Nation's writer in residence.[3] Hogan is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.[4]
Early life
[edit]Linda Hogan was born July 16, 1947, in Denver, Colorado.[5] Her father, Charles C. Henderson, is a Chickasaw from a recognized historical family.[6] Her mother, Cleona Florine (Bower) Henderson was of white descent.[2] Linda's uncle, Wesley Henderson, helped form the White Buffalo Council in Denver during the 1950s,[7] to help other Native American people coming to the city because of The Relocation Act, which forcibly removed Indigenous peoples for work and other opportunities.
Career
[edit]Hogan earned a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978.[8] She was a full professor of Creative Writing at the University of Colorado and then taught for two years in the university's Ethnic Studies Department.[9] She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum [citation needed] and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. [citation needed] Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years,[10] and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe. [citation needed]
Hogan has worked across various genres, such as poetry, novel-length fiction, short fiction, and nature essays. She has also written nonfiction essays for environmental organizations like The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club.[11] In 2015, Hogan worked with Brenda Peterson on, Sightings, the Mysterious Journey of the Gray Whale for National Geographic books. She also wrote the script for the PBS documentary, Everything Has a Spirit, regarding Native American religious freedom.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Hogan married Pat Hogan and has two children. [citation needed]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- Five Civilized Tribes Play Writing Award, 1980
- Stand magazine Fiction Award, 1983
- American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1986
- Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1991
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1991[13]
- Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction for Mean Spirit, 1991
- Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993[14][15]
- Colorado Book Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993
- Lannan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, 1994
- Colorado Book Award for Solar Storms, 1996
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, 1998
- Writer of the Year (Creative Prose), Wordcraft Circle Award, 2002
- Inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame, 2007[16]
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship, 2015[17]
- Thoreau Prize from PEN, 2016[18]
Published works
[edit]- Calling Myself Home, Greenfield Review Press, 1978
- A Piece of Moon, 1981
- Daughters, I Love You, Research Center on Women, 1981
- Eclipse, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1983, ISBN 978-0-935626-18-6
- Seeing Through the Sun. University of Massachusetts Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87023-472-9.
Linda Hogan.
- Savings: Poems. Coffee House Press. 1988. ISBN 978-0-918273-41-3.
Linda Hogan.
- Mean Spirit, Atheneum, 1990, ISBN 978-0-689-12101-2
- Red Clay: Poems and Stories, Greenfield Review Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-912678-83-2
- The book of medicines: poems, Coffee House Press, 1993, ISBN 978-1-56689-010-6
- Solar Storms. Scribner. 1995. ISBN 978-0-684-81227-4.; Simon and Schuster, 1997, ISBN 978-0-684-82539-7
- Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. W.W. Norton. 1995. ISBN 978-0-393-03784-5.; Simon and Schuster, 1996, ISBN 978-0-684-83033-9
- Power. W. W. Norton & Company. 1998. ISBN 978-0-393-04636-6.; W. W. Norton & Company, 1999, ISBN 978-0-393-31968-2
- The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women and the Green World, 2000; North Point Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-86547-559-5
- The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir. W.W. Norton. 2001. ISBN 978-0-393-05018-9.; W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, ISBN 978-0-393-32305-4
- Rounding the Human Corners: Poems, Coffee House Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-56689-210-0
- People of the Whale: A Novel; W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, ISBN 978-0-393-33534-7
- The Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (ed.) Morning Light Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59675-026-5
- Indios, poems, Wings Press, 2012
- Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, 2014
Criticism
[edit]- Dennis, Helen M. Native American Literature: Towards a Spatialized Reading. London, Routledge 2006. pp. 61–85.
In Anthology
[edit]- Melissa Tuckey, ed. Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.
See also
[edit]
- List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
- Native American Renaissance
- Native American Studies
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Linda Hogan." Native American Literature. Accessed October 28, 2016
- ^ a b Jennifer McClinton-Temple; Alan R. Velie (2007). Encyclopedia of American Indian literature. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-5656-9., p. 167.
- ^ "Dynamic Women of the Chickasaw Nation." Chickasaw Nation. 16 April 2009 (retrieved 17 Dec 2009)
- ^ "Linda Hogan".
- ^ Grove, Shari; Deroche, Celeste (2000). Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Detroit, MI: Gale. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-55862-429-0.
- ^ "Obituaries - CHARLES COLBERT HENDERSON". The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO). January 20, 2002. pp. METRO4.
- ^ "Linda Hogan". Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ "Linda Hogan, Author (MA 1978)". 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Linda Hogan". 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Linda Hogan". Chickasaw Press. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ Cook, Barbara J., ed. (2003). From the center of tradition: critical perspectives on Linda Hogan. Boulder, Colo: Univ. Press of Colorado. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-87081-737-3.
- ^ "Everything has a spirit". WorldCat. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ "Linda K. Hogan - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ Hogan, Linda. "Linda Hogan Biography". Linda Hogan Writer. lindahoganwriter.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ "1993". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Chickasaw Hall of Fame Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machinedead link October 28, 2016
- ^ "Linda Hogan". Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Accessed October 28, 2016
- ^ Hogan, Linda. "Linda Hogan". Linda Hogan Writer. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
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