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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 508,596 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). N. Scott Momaday is the 6,220th most popular writer (down from 5,943rd in 2019), the 10,793rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,905th in 2019) and the 801st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

In the presence of the sun
Literary collections, Indians of North America
1991
House Made of Dawn
Indians of North America, Kiowa Indians, Fiction
1968
The way to rainy mountain
Kiowa Indians, Folklore, Kiowa mythology
1969
Circle of Wonder
Indians of North America, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
A mute Indian child has an extraordinary experience one Christmas when, following a figure who seems to be his beloved dead grandfather, he becomes part of a circle in which he, animals, nature, and all the world join in a moment of peace and good will.
1993
The United States in Literature
memory plays, autobiographical drama, Family
Contains: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863232W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin ... - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
Why did you do it
20th century, American Authors, Authors, American
1878

Page views of N. Scott Momadays by language

Over the past year N. Scott Momaday has had the most page views in the with 100,201 views, followed by German (2,744), and French (2,448). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (232.98%), Simple English (209.66%), and English (127.50%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, N. Scott Momaday ranks 6,220 out of 7,302. Before him are R. D. Blackmore, Nahum Tate, Mary Lamb, Lawrence Venuti, Max Hastings, and George Alec Effinger. After him are Cecily von Ziegesar, Olivier Weber, Wallace Stegner, Chen Danqing, Roger Foulon, and Philippe Méaille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, N. Scott Momaday ranks 512. Before him are Jaime Belmonte, Miroslav Koranda, Peter Schamoni, Alan Garner, Buta Singh, and George Follmer. After him are Birutė Kalėdienė, Antonina Ryzhova, Maurice Norman, Jim Inhofe, Pratima Barua Pandey, and Guillermo Sepúlveda. Among people deceased in 2024, N. Scott Momaday ranks 144. Before him are Shigeharu Ueki, Choi Dae-shik, Kenjiro Shinozuka, David Bordwell, Mahammed Dionne, and Achim Müller. After him are Raema Lisa Rumbewas, Adan Canto, Kelvin Kiptum, Charles Dierkop, Sartaj Aziz, and Emilio Correa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, N. Scott Momaday ranks 10,793 out of 20,380. Before him are Redd Foxx (1922), Ansel Elgort (1994), Stuart Holmes (1884), Spring Byington (1886), Jennifer Taylor (1972), and George Alec Effinger (1947). After him are Dan Henderson (1970), Kenneth Choi (1971), Thomas Bopp (1949), Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), The Game (1979), and Doug Collins (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, N. Scott Momaday ranks 801. Before him are Lorraine Hansberry (1930), Glenn Greenwald (1967), Emma Willard (1787), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Lawrence Venuti (1953), and George Alec Effinger (1947). After him are Cecily von Ziegesar (1970), Wallace Stegner (1909), Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), Tristan Taormino (1971), Andrew Vachss (1942), and Donald A. Wollheim (1914).

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