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N. Scott Momaday

1934 - 2024

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Navarre Scotte Momaday (né Mammedaty [the t was a typographical error and should not be cited in derivative sources]; February 27, 1934 – January 24, 2024) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and is considered the first major work of the Native American Renaissance. In a tribute published upon his death, Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, noted that in “House Made of Dawn,” "Momaday found a way to move eloquently between oral storytelling forms and the written English novel form. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of N. Scott Momaday has received more than 514,488 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). N. Scott Momaday is the 5,967th most popular writer (down from 5,312th in 2019), the 11,932nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,646th in 2019) and the 891st most popular American Writer.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, N. Scott Momaday ranks 5,967 out of 5,755. Before him are Nayantara Sahgal, Vachel Lindsay, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, William Kennedy, N. K. Jemisin, and Ann-Marie MacDonald. After him are Gilles Leroy, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Andrus Kivirähk, Muhsin al-Ramli, Deborah Feldman, and Anna Todd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, N. Scott Momaday ranks 475. Before him are James Flynn, Charley Pride, Al Freeman Jr., Buta Singh, Mahendra Kapoor, and Peter McParland. After him are David Malouf, Jerry Nelson, Carver Mead, Don Kirshner, Annette Crosbie, and Alan Dundes. Among people deceased in 2024, N. Scott Momaday ranks 56. Before him are Terry Bisson, Chita Rivera, Christian Oliver, Anatoli Polivoda, Wayne Kramer, and John Bruton. After him are Edward Lowassa, Luis Tejada, Basdeo Panday, Jean Carnahan, Toru Kawashima, and Stephen Laybutt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, N. Scott Momaday ranks 11,932 out of 18,182. Before him are Félix Sánchez (1977), Michael Cuesta (1963), Tony Hale (1970), Carrie Underwood (1983), N. K. Jemisin (1972), and Amanda Lepore (1967). After him are Jon Drummond (1968), Braun Strowman (1983), Kathleen Sebelius (1948), Justin Roiland (1980), Harry Hines Woodring (1887), and Frank Faylen (1905).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, N. Scott Momaday ranks 891. Before him are Ogden Nash (1902), Lionel Shriver (1957), Jane Smiley (1949), Vachel Lindsay (1879), William Kennedy (1928), and N. K. Jemisin (1972). After him are Deborah Feldman (1986), Anna Todd (1989), Russell Hoban (1925), Horton Foote (1916), Dennis Prager (1948), and Ann C. Crispin (1950).

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