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Linda K. Hogan

リンダ・ケイ・ホーガン

Linda K. Hogan

Aliases: Linda Henderson

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1947-07-16 （Denver, Colorado, U.S.）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Author, Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Environmentalist, Professor, Storyteller
Active Years
1978-

Education

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Degree: BA
Country: United States
Bachelor's degree (year not specified)
University of Colorado, Boulder
English / Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: United States
Earned M.A. in 1978

Awards

Five Civilized Tribes Play Writing Award
1980
Result: 受賞
Stand magazine Fiction Award
1983
Organization: Stand
Result: 受賞
American Book Award
1986
Organization: Before Columbus Foundation
Result: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1991
Organization: Pulitzer Prize Board
Result: ファイナリスト
Guggenheim Fellowship
1991
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction
1991
Work: Mean Spirit
Category: フィクション
Organization: Oklahoma Center for the Book (and affiliates)
Result: 受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist)
1993
Work: The Book of Medicines
Organization: National Book Critics Circle
Result: ファイナリスト
Colorado Book Award
1993
Work: The Book of Medicines
Organization: Colorado Book Awards / Colorado Humanities
Result: 受賞
Lannan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry
1994
Category: 詩
Organization: Lannan Foundation
Result: 受賞
Colorado Book Award
1996
Work: Solar Storms
Organization: Colorado Book Awards / Colorado Humanities
Result: 受賞
Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas
1998
Organization: Native Writers' Circle of the Americas
Result: 受賞
Wordcraft Circle Award (Writer of the Year, Creative Prose)
2002
Organization: Wordcraft Circle
Result: 受賞
Induction into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame
2007
Organization: Chickasaw Nation
Result: 受賞（殿堂入り）
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship
2015
Organization: Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
Result: 受賞
Thoreau Prize from PEN
2016
Organization: PEN / Thoreau Prize
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mean Spirit

1990 Novel (historical fiction)

A historical novel set in Oklahoma that explores the effects of resource development on Native communities, addressing loss of land and culture from Indigenous perspectives.

Indigenous cultureLand and environmentExploitation and history

Solar Storms

1995 Novel

A novel intertwining family loss, ancestral memory, and relationships with nature, exploring grief, healing, and the transmission of tradition.

Loss and healingConnection to natureTradition and memory

The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir

2001 Memoir / Nonfiction

A memoir reflecting on Hogan's life, family history, Indigenous experience, and relationships with nature and spirituality.

AutobiographySpiritualityEnvironmentalism

People of the Whale

2009 Novel

A novel set against whaling culture and heritage that tells a story of family and community, focusing on ethical relationships with nature and cultural preservation.

Cultural heritageEthics of natureCommunity

Bibliography

  • Calling Myself Home (1978)
  • A Piece of Moon (1981)
  • Daughters, I Love You (1981)
  • Eclipse (1983)
  • Seeing Through the Sun (1985)
  • Savings: Poems (1988)
  • Mean Spirit (1990)
  • Red Clay: Poems and Stories (1991)
  • The Book of Medicines (1993)
  • Solar Storms (1995)
  • Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World (1995)
  • Power (1998)
  • The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women and the Green World (2000)
  • The Woman Who Watches Over the World (2001)
  • Rounding the Human Corners: Poems (2008)
  • People of the Whale (2009)
  • The Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (ed., 2009)
  • Indios (2012)
  • Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems (2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetic prose with strong nature imageryIncorporation of Indigenous oral storytelling elementsEssayistic and reflective nonfiction style
Recurring Motifs
Land and natureAncestors and memoryHealing and renewal

Legacy

Linda K. Hogan is a significant voice in Indigenous and environmental literature, repeatedly exploring connections among land, culture, and spirituality across poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She is also recognized for her work as an educator and storyteller.

Academic Societies

  • Native Writers' Circle of the Americas (related)

Trivia

  • Her father is Chickasaw and her heritage has influenced her work and activism.
  • She served as Writer in Residence for the Chickasaw Nation.
  • She has written nonfiction in collaboration with environmental organizations and for National Geographic.
  • She has two children.