Louise Erdrich ( ; born Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954) is an American author, writer of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings.
The couple separated in 1995. She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature and the Native community in the Twin Cities. She has written 28 books in all, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books; and most recently historical fiction - from the seventies to 2020 with publication of The Night Watchman. == Personal life == Erdrich was born on June 7, 1954, in Little Falls, Minnesota.
Another sister, Lise Erdrich, has written children's books and collections of fiction and essays. Erdrich attended Dartmouth College from 1972 to 1976.
And that is perfect." Erdrich lives in Minneapolis. ==Work== In 1975, Erdrich won the American Academy of Poets Prize. In 1979 she wrote "The World's Greatest Fisherman", a short story about June Kashpaw, a divorced Ojibwe woman whose death by [brought her relatives home to a fictional North Dakota reservation for her funeral.
Another sister, Lise Erdrich, has written children's books and collections of fiction and essays. Erdrich attended Dartmouth College from 1972 to 1976.
During that time, she worked as a lifeguard, waitress, researcher for films, and as an editor for the Boston Indian Council newspaper The Circle. In 1978, Erdrich enrolled in a Master of Arts program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
She earned the Master of Arts in the Writing Seminars in 1979.
And that is perfect." Erdrich lives in Minneapolis. ==Work== In 1975, Erdrich won the American Academy of Poets Prize. In 1979 she wrote "The World's Greatest Fisherman", a short story about June Kashpaw, a divorced Ojibwe woman whose death by [brought her relatives home to a fictional North Dakota reservation for her funeral.
They married in 1981, and raised three children whom Dorris had adopted as a single parent and three biological children together (Persia, Pallas, Madeline, Reynold Abel, Sava and Aza Marion).
She wrote this while "barricaded in the kitchen." At her husband's urging, she submitted it to the Nelson Algren Short Fiction prize in 1982, which it won, and eventually it became the first chapter of her debut novel,
Reynold Abel suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome and in 1991, at age 23, he was killed when he was hit by a car.
The couple separated in 1995. She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature and the Native community in the Twin Cities. She has written 28 books in all, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books; and most recently historical fiction - from the seventies to 2020 with publication of The Night Watchman. == Personal life == Erdrich was born on June 7, 1954, in Little Falls, Minnesota.
In 1995 their son Jeffrey Sava accused Dorris of committing child abuse; in 1997, after Dorris's death, their adopted daughter Madeline claimed that Dorris sexually abused her and Erdrich had neglected to stop the abuse. Dorris and Erdrich separated in 1995, and Dorris died by suicide in 1997.
In 1995 their son Jeffrey Sava accused Dorris of committing child abuse; in 1997, after Dorris's death, their adopted daughter Madeline claimed that Dorris sexually abused her and Erdrich had neglected to stop the abuse. Dorris and Erdrich separated in 1995, and Dorris died by suicide in 1997.
In his will, he only named his biological children with Erdrich. In 2001, at age 47, Erdrich gave birth to a daughter, Azure, fathered by a Native American man Erdrich declines to identify publicly.
She discusses her pregnancy with Azure, and Azure's father, in her 2003 non-fiction book, Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country.
In 2009, her novel The Plague of Doves was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and received an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.
In November 2012, she received the National Book Award for Fiction for her novel The Round House.
In a number of publications, Tobasonakwut Kinew, who died in 2012, is referred to as Erdrich's partner and the father of Azure. When asked in an interview if writing is a lonely life for her, Erdrich replied, "Strangely, I think it is.
She is a 2013 recipient of the Alex Awards.
She was awarded the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction at the National Book Festival in September 2015.
The couple separated in 1995. She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature and the Native community in the Twin Cities. She has written 28 books in all, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books; and most recently historical fiction - from the seventies to 2020 with publication of The Night Watchman. == Personal life == Erdrich was born on June 7, 1954, in Little Falls, Minnesota.
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