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Joy Harjo

1951 - Today

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Joy Harjo ( HAR-joh; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to have served three terms (after Robert Pinsky). Harjo is a seventh-generation Monahwee daughter (also known as "Menawa"). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Joy Harjo is the 7,036th most popular writer (up from 7,066th in 2024), the 15,574th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,179th in 2019) and the 1,096th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Joy Harjo ranks 7,036 out of 7,302. Before her are Ken Liu, Kenneth Turan, Hana Andronikova, Mariam Petrosyan, Kossi Efoui, and Samanta Schweblin. After her are Ruth Park, Sandi Toksvig, Gonzalo Lira, Jenny Han, Patrick Ness, and Urvashi Butalia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Joy Harjo ranks 723. Before her are Dirk Kempthorne, Lyn McClements, Tony Rice, Kathy Hammond, Lucie Arnaz, and Carlos Frenk. After her are Patricia de Lille, Jim DeMint, Bina Agarwal, Dan Attias, Mark N. Brown, and Julia Duffy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joy Harjo ranks 15,581 out of 20,380. Before her are Brian Duffy (1953), Bill Frist (1952), Crissy Moran (1975), Elena Verdugo (1925), Dixy Lee Ray (1914), and Walt Hazzard (1942). After her are Joey Logano (1990), Felicia Day (1979), Leslie Stefanson (1971), Hoot Gibson (1892), Benson Boone (2002), and Mark Duplass (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joy Harjo ranks 1,096. Before her are Ernest Cline (1972), Allen Drury (1918), Kate DiCamillo (1964), Anne Waldman (1945), Raymond Benson (1955), and Kenneth Turan (1946). After her are Gonzalo Lira (1968), Jenny Han (1980), Patrick Ness (1971), Jim Butcher (1971), Walter Jon Williams (1953), and Neil Strauss (1969).

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