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Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes.
Author, Sherman Alexie, at the Texas Book Festival in 2008 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is semi-autobiographical. [7] The novel started as a section of Sherman Alexie's family memoir, but after the persistence of a young adult editor, he decided to use it as a basis for his first young adult novel. [8]
The book's popularity, in part, stems from James R. Kincaid's effusive praise of Alexie's collection of poetry and stories, The Business of Fancydancing (1992), in The New York Times Book Review. With Kincaid's review, Alexie, who had published with small presses, was thrust into the national spotlight.
Ten Little Indians is a 2004 short story collection by Sherman Alexie. The collection contains nine stories all of which focus on the Spokane tribe of Native Americans in Washington state . [ 1 ]
There is also a book with the title The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems (1992) which was well received, selling over 10,000 copies. [3]In the DVD commentary, Alexie refers to Michelle St. John's character, 'Agnes Roth', a mixed-race (Spokane/Jewish) woman who moves to the reservation to teach in the school, as "the moral center of the film".
Sherman Alexie, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene, b. 1966 [24] ... American Indian Nonfiction: An Anthology of Writings, 1760s-1930s. University of Oklahoma Press.
In 2007, Sherman Alexie joined the growing list of Native authors writing for children with the release of his young adult fiction The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Critically acclaimed, it won the National Book Award.
The 1990s introduced several works of poetry and of prose fiction by Spokane/Coeur D'Alene author Sherman Alexie. Chickasaw author Linda Hogan 's Mean Spirit was a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction .