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Joy Harjo

American Poet Laureate.

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Sex or Gender

Female

Date of Birth

5/9/1951

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

Tulsa

Country of Citizenship

United States

Occupation

Poet
Musician
Writer
Children's Writer
Screenwriter
Teacher
Climate Activist

Given Name

Joy

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Award Received

11 items
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
 (2021)
Point in Time
: 2021
Guggenheim Fellowship
 (2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
American Book Awards
 (2013)
Point in Time
: 2013
National Women's Hall of Fame
 (2022)
Point in Time
: 2022
Wallace Stevens Award
 (2015)
Point in Time
: 2015
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
 (2022)
Point in Time
: 2022
Robert Frost Medal
 (2024)
Point in Time
: 2024
National Humanities Medal
 (2022)
Point in Time
: 2022
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
 (2017)
Point in Time
: 2017
Harper Lee Award
 (2023)
Point in Time
: 2023
Honorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
 (11/25/2025)
Point in Time
: 11/25/2025

Educated At

University of New Mexico
 ( - 1976)
Academic Major
:
Poetry
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Arts
End Time
: 1976
University of Iowa
 ( - 1978)
Academic Major
:
Creative Writing
Academic Degree
:
Master of Fine Arts
End Time
: 1978
Institute of American Indian Arts

Influenced By

Leslie Marmon Silko
Flannery O'Connor
Simon J. Ortiz

Field of Work

Poetry
Music
Novel
Teaching

Family Name

Foster

Official Website

http://www.joyharjo.com/

Genre

Poetry

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
URL
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Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary
American Women Writers

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English
Muscogee

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Ethnic Group

Muscogee

Relative

Lois Harjo Ball
Kinship to Subject
:
Grandaunt

Position Held

United States Poet Laureate
 (2019 - 2022)
Series Ordinal
:23
Replaces
:
Tracy K. Smith
End Time
: 2022
Start Time
: 2019

Notable Work

An American Sunrise : Poems

Child

Rainy Dawn Ortiz
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Ada Limón