American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1986) Winner
Anna Lee Walters
アンナ・リー・ウォルターズ
Anna Rī Wōrutāzu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1946-09-09 （Pawnee, Oklahoma）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Tsaile, Arizona (Diné College)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Educator, Editor
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- Diné College
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont) | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
| Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont) | Creative Writing | Creative Writing | M.F.A. | — | United States |
Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont)
Degree:
B.A.
Country:
United States
Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont)
Creative Writing
/ Creative Writing
Degree:
M.F.A.
Country:
United States
Received both BA and MFA at Goddard College
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | American Book Award | The Sun Is Not Merciful (short story collection) | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Virginia McCormick Scully Award | The Sun Is Not Merciful (short story collection) | — | — | 受賞 |
American Book Award
1985
Work:
The Sun Is Not Merciful (short story collection)
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Virginia McCormick Scully Award
1985
Work:
The Sun Is Not Merciful (short story collection)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ghost Singer
1988 NovelCenters on a collection of Native American remains and artifacts at the Smithsonian and explores how these collections affect Native and non-Native characters, addressing ancestry, cultural heritage, and the diaspora caused by colonization.
ancestrycultural heritageidentityeffects of colonization
The Sun Is Not Merciful
1984 Short story collectionA collection of short stories that addresses Native American life, memory, and tradition, mixing cultural survival with individual narratives.
cultural continuitymemoryeveryday spirituality
Bibliography
- The Sacred: Ways of Knowledge. Sources of Life (with Peggy V. Beck and Nia Francisco)
- The Otoe-Missouria Tribe. Centennial Memoirs. 1881-1981
- The Sun Is Not Merciful
- Ghost Singer
- The Spirit of Native America: Beauty and Mysticism in American Indian Art
- Talking Indian: Reflections on Survival and Writing
- Neon Pow-Wow: New Native American Voices of the Southwest (editor)
- The Two-Legged Creature. An Otoe Story Retold (children's book)
- The Pawnee Nation
Translations of Works
- Figlie Di Pocahontas: Racconti e poesie Delle Indiane d'America (Italian anthology)
- Piste Perdute, Piste Ritrovate: Racconti Indiani (Italian anthology)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Narrative influenced by oral traditionsContemporary poetic and symbolic proseStorytelling centered on Native perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- ancestral spiritslandscapes and placeritual and narrative inheritance
Legacy
Anna Lee Walters is regarded as an important voice in Native American literature who interrogates American history and culture from Indigenous perspectives. She has also contributed to cultural preservation and education as an educator and editor.
Trivia
- She is of Pawnee (maternal) and Otoe-Missouria (paternal) descent.
- She has taught in the Humanities Division at Diné College and resides in Tsaile, Arizona.
- Her husband, Harry Walters, served as Director of the Museum at Diné College.