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Linda Hogan
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| Born | July 16, 1947 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Colorado Boulder (MA) |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Children | 2 |
Linda K. Hogan (née Henderson, born July 16, 1947) is an American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. She is currently the Chickasaw Nation's writer in residence. Hogan is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.
Early life
Linda Hogan was born July 16, 1947, in Denver, Colorado. Her father, Charles C. Henderson, is a Chickasaw from a recognized historical family. Her mother, Cleona Florine (Bower) Henderson was of white descent. Linda's uncle, Wesley Henderson, helped form the White Buffalo Council in Denver during the 1950s, 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
Hogan earned a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978. 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. She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years, and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe.
Hogan has worked across various genres: producing novels and poetry, and 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.
Personal life
Hogan married Pat Hogan and has two children.
Awards and recognition
- 2016 Throreau Prize from PEN
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation 2015 National Artist Fellowship
- Mountains and Plains Booksellers Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award, 2007
- Inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame in 2007
- Writer of the Year (Creative Prose), Wordcraft Circle Award, 2002
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, 1998
- Colorado Book Award, 1996
- Colorado Book Award
- Solar Storms (1996)
- The Book of Medicines (1993)
- Lannan Award, 1994, for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry
- Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction, 1991 (Mean Spirit)
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1991
- Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Literature, 1991.
- American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1986
- Stand magazine Fiction Award, 1983
- Five Civilized Tribes Play Writing Award, 1980
- Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Book of Medicines
See also
- List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
- Native American Renaissance
- Native American Studies
