Linda Hogan
Hogan in 2007
Hogan in 2007
Born (1947-07-16) July 16, 1947 [1]
Denver, Colorado, U.S.[1]
OccupationAuthor, professor[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity 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. Her father, Charles C. Henderson, is a Chickasaw from a recognized historical family. 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, 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. [5] 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.[6] She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years,[7] and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe.

Hogan has worked across various genres: producing novels and poetry, and 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.

Personal life

Hogan married Pat Hogan and has two children.

Awards and recognition

  • 2016 Throreau Prize from PEN[8]
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation 2015 National Artist Fellowship[9]
  • Mountains and Plains Booksellers Spirit of the West Literary Achievement Award, 2007
  • Inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame in 2007[10]
  • 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[11]
  • 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[12]

Published works

  • Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, 2014
  • Indios, poems, Wings Press 2012
  • The Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (ed.) Morning Light Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59675-026-5
  • 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 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
  • The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women and the Green World, 2000; North Point Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-86547-559-5
  • Power. W. W. Norton & Company. 1998. ISBN 978-0-393-04636-6.; W. W. Norton & Company, 1999, ISBN 978-0-393-31968-2
  • 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
  • Hogan, Linda (1999). Power. New York. p. 58. ISBN 0-393-31968-7.
  • Solar Storms. Scribner. 1995. ISBN 978-0-684-81227-4.; Simon and Schuster, 1997, ISBN 978-0-684-82539-7
  • The book of medicines: poems, Coffee House Press, 1993, ISBN 978-1-56689-010-6
  • Red Clay: Poems and Stories, Greenfield Review Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-912678-83-2
  • Mean Spirit, Atheneum, 1990, ISBN 978-0-689-12101-2
  • Savings: Poems. Coffee House Press. 1988. ISBN 978-0-918273-41-3. Linda Hogan.
  • Seeing Through the Sun. University of Massachusetts Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87023-472-9. Linda Hogan.
  • Eclipse, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1983, ISBN 978-0-935626-18-6
  • Daughters, I Love You, Research Center on Women, 1981
  • A Piece of Moon (1981)
  • Calling Myself Home, Greenfield Review Press, 1978

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. 1 2 3 "Linda Hogan." Native American Literature. Accessed October 28, 2016
  2. 1 2 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. ↑ "Linda Hogan, Author (MA 1978)". 27 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Linda Hogan". 5 July 2018.
  7. ↑ https://chickasawpress.com/Authors/Linda-Hogan.aspx
  8. ↑ Hogan, Linda. "Linda Hogan". Linda Hogan Writer. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Linda Hogan". Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Accessed October 28, 2016
  10. ↑ Chickasaw Hall of Fame Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machinedead link October 28, 2016
  11. ↑ "Linda K. Hogan - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  12. ↑ Hogan, Linda. "Linda Hogan Biography". Linda Hogan Writer. lindahoganwriter.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
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