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Hogan earned a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.colorado.edu/english/2018/07/27/linda-hogan-author-ma-1978 | title=Linda Hogan, Author (MA 1978) | date=27 July 2018 }}</ref> She was a full professor of Creative Writing at the [[University of Colorado]] and then taught for two years in the university's Ethnic Studies Department.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.colorado.edu/english/linda-hogan | title=Linda Hogan | date=5 July 2018 }}</ref> She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum {{Citation needed|reason=more info req|date=October 2023}} and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. {{Citation needed|reason=cannot cite author bio as evidence|date=October 2023}} Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years,<ref>https://chickasawpress.com/Authors/Linda-Hogan.aspx</ref> and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe. {{Citation needed|reason=more info needed|date=October 2023}}
Hogan earned a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.colorado.edu/english/2018/07/27/linda-hogan-author-ma-1978 | title=Linda Hogan, Author (MA 1978) | date=27 July 2018 }}</ref> She was a full professor of Creative Writing at the [[University of Colorado]] and then taught for two years in the university's Ethnic Studies Department.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.colorado.edu/english/linda-hogan | title=Linda Hogan | date=5 July 2018 }}</ref> She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum {{Citation needed|reason=more info req|date=October 2023}} and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. {{Citation needed|reason=cannot cite author bio as evidence|date=October 2023}} Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years,<ref>https://chickasawpress.com/Authors/Linda-Hogan.aspx</ref> and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe. {{Citation needed|reason=more info needed|date=October 2023}}


Hogan has worked across various genres, such as poetry, novel-length fiction, short fiction, and nature essays. She has also written nonfiction essays for environmental organizations like The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club.<ref>{{Cite book |title=From the center of tradition: critical perspectives on Linda Hogan |date=2003 |publisher=Univ. Press of Colorado |isbn=978-0-87081-737-3 |editor-last=Cook |editor-first=Barbara J. |location=Boulder, Colo}}</ref> In 2015, Hogan worked with Brenda Peterson on, Sightings, the Mysterious Journey of the Gray Whale for ''National Geographic'' books. She also wrote the script for the PBS documentary, Everything Has a Spirit, regarding Native American religious freedom. {{Citation needed|reason=cannot use authors own website as ref|date=October 2023}}
Hogan has worked across various genres, such as poetry, novel-length fiction, short fiction, and nature essays. She has also written nonfiction essays for environmental organizations like The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club.<ref>{{Cite book |title=From the center of tradition: critical perspectives on Linda Hogan |date=2003 |publisher=Univ. Press of Colorado |isbn=978-0-87081-737-3 |editor-last=Cook |editor-first=Barbara J. |location=Boulder, Colo|pages=2}}</ref> In 2015, Hogan worked with Brenda Peterson on, Sightings, the Mysterious Journey of the Gray Whale for ''National Geographic'' books. She also wrote the script for the PBS documentary, Everything Has a Spirit, regarding Native American religious freedom. {{Citation needed|reason=cannot use authors own website as ref|date=October 2023}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 17:54, 19 April 2024

Linda Hogan
Hogan in 2007
Hogan in 2007
Born (1947-07-16) July 16, 1947 (age 77) [1]
Denver, Colorado, U.S.[1]
OccupationAuthor, professor[1]
EducationUniversity of Colorado, Colorado Springs (BA)
University of Colorado, Boulder (MA)
GenrePoetry
Years active1978–present
Children2
Website
LindaHoganWriter.com

Linda K. Hogan (née Henderson, born July 16, 1947) is an American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories.[2] She is currently the Chickasaw Nation's writer in residence.[3] Hogan is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.[4]

Early life

Linda Hogan was born July 16, 1947, in Denver, Colorado. [5] Her father, Charles C. Henderson, is a Chickasaw from a recognized historical family. [citation needed] Her mother, Cleona Florine (Bower) Henderson was of white descent.[2] Linda's uncle, Wesley Henderson, helped form the White Buffalo Council in Denver during the 1950s, [citation needed] to help other Native American people coming to the city because of The Relocation Act, which forcibly removed Indigenous peoples for work and other opportunities.

Career

Hogan earned a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978.[6] She was a full professor of Creative Writing at the University of Colorado and then taught for two years in the university's Ethnic Studies Department.[7] She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum [citation needed] and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. [citation needed] Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years,[8] and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe. [citation needed]

Hogan has worked across various genres, such as poetry, novel-length fiction, short fiction, and nature essays. She has also written nonfiction essays for environmental organizations like The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club.[9] In 2015, Hogan worked with Brenda Peterson on, Sightings, the Mysterious Journey of the Gray Whale for National Geographic books. She also wrote the script for the PBS documentary, Everything Has a Spirit, regarding Native American religious freedom. [citation needed]

Personal life

Hogan married Pat Hogan and has two children. [citation needed]

Awards and recognition

  • 2016 Throreau Prize from PEN[10]
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation 2015 National Artist Fellowship[11]
  • Mountains and Plains Booksellers Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award, 2007
  • Inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame in 2007[12]
  • Writer of the Year (Creative Prose), Wordcraft Circle Award, 2002
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, 1998
  • Colorado Book Award, 1996
  • Colorado Book Award
    • Solar Storms (1996)
    • The Book of Medicines (1993)
  • Lannan Award, 1994, for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry
  • Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction, 1991 (Mean Spirit)
  • Guggenheim Fellow, 1991[13]
  • Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Literature, 1991.
  • American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1986
  • Stand magazine Fiction Award, 1983
  • Five Civilized Tribes Play Writing Award, 1980
  • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Book of Medicines[14]

Published works

  • Calling Myself Home, Greenfield Review Press, 1978
  • A Piece of Moon, 1981
  • Daughters, I Love You, Research Center on Women, 1981
  • Eclipse, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1983, ISBN 978-0-935626-18-6
  • Seeing Through the Sun. University of Massachusetts Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87023-472-9. Linda Hogan.
  • Savings: Poems. Coffee House Press. 1988. ISBN 978-0-918273-41-3. Linda Hogan.
  • Mean Spirit, Atheneum, 1990, ISBN 978-0-689-12101-2
  • Red Clay: Poems and Stories, Greenfield Review Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-912678-83-2
  • The book of medicines: poems, Coffee House Press, 1993, ISBN 978-1-56689-010-6
  • Solar Storms. Scribner. 1995. ISBN 978-0-684-81227-4.; Simon and Schuster, 1997, ISBN 978-0-684-82539-7
  • Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. W.W. Norton. 1995. ISBN 978-0-393-03784-5.; Simon and Schuster, 1996, ISBN 978-0-684-83033-9
  • Power. W. W. Norton & Company. 1998. ISBN 978-0-393-04636-6.; W. W. Norton & Company, 1999, ISBN 978-0-393-31968-2
  • The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women and the Green World, 2000; North Point Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-86547-559-5
  • The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir. W.W. Norton. 2001. ISBN 978-0-393-05018-9.; W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, ISBN 978-0-393-32305-4
  • Rounding the Human Corners: Poems, Coffee House Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-56689-210-0
  • People of the Whale: A Novel; W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, ISBN 978-0-393-33534-7
  • The Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (ed.) Morning Light Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59675-026-5
  • Indios, poems, Wings Press, 2012
  • Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, 2014

Criticism

  • Dennis, Helen M. Native American Literature: Towards a Spatialized Reading. London, Routledge 2006. pp. 61–85.

In Anthology

  • Melissa Tuckey, ed. Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Linda Hogan." Native American Literature. Accessed October 28, 2016
  2. ^ a b Jennifer McClinton-Temple; Alan R. Velie (2007). Encyclopedia of American Indian literature. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-5656-9., p. 167.
  3. ^ "Dynamic Women of the Chickasaw Nation." Chickasaw Nation. 16 April 2009 (retrieved 17 Dec 2009)
  4. ^ "Linda Hogan".
  5. ^ Grove, Shari; Deroche, Celeste (2000). Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn (ed.). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Detroit, MI: Gale. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-55862-429-0.
  6. ^ "Linda Hogan, Author (MA 1978)". 27 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Linda Hogan". 5 July 2018.
  8. ^ https://chickasawpress.com/Authors/Linda-Hogan.aspx
  9. ^ Cook, Barbara J., ed. (2003). From the center of tradition: critical perspectives on Linda Hogan. Boulder, Colo: Univ. Press of Colorado. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-87081-737-3.
  10. ^ Hogan, Linda. "Linda Hogan". Linda Hogan Writer. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  11. ^ "Linda Hogan". Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Accessed October 28, 2016
  12. ^ Chickasaw Hall of Fame Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machinedead link October 28, 2016
  13. ^ "Linda K. Hogan - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  14. ^ Hogan, Linda. "Linda Hogan Biography". Linda Hogan Writer. lindahoganwriter.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.