(1966-10-07) October 7, 1966 (age 57) Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Occupation
Author
poet
screenwriter
filmmaker
Nationality
Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation,[1] American
Genre
Native American literature, humor, documentary fiction
Literary movement
Indigenous Nationalism
Notable works
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Smoke Signals • Reservation Blues • The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven • You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir • War Dances
Notable awards
American Book Award 1996
National Book Award 2007
PEN/Faulkner 2010
Website
fallsapart.com
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. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now lives in Seattle, Washington.[2]
His best-known book is the semi-autobiographical young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007), which won the 2007 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature[3] and the Odyssey Award as best 2008 audiobook for young people (read by Alexie).[4]
He also wrote The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993), a collection of short stories, which was adapted as the film Smoke Signals (1998), for which he also wrote the screenplay. His first novel, Reservation Blues, received a 1996 American Book Award.[5]
His 2009 collection of short stories and poems, War Dances, won the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.[6]
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