Oliver La Farge
1901 - 1963
General Information
Bio
(1901-1963) Writer and anthropologist. Oliver La Farge was born in New York City. He graduated from Harvard (B.A. 1924, M.A. 1929). He conducted three archaeological expeditions to Arizona and ethnological expeditions to Guatemala and Mexico. La Farge used his field experience to authenticate his reflective stories of Native American habit and character. “Laughing Boy” (1929), a novel of Navajo life, won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. Other works are “The Sparks Fly Upward” (1931), “The Enemy Gods” (1937), and the stories “All The Young Men” (1935). “Santa Fe” recounts the history of that city.
Full Name
Oliver La Farge
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1901
BIRTH
1929
LITWORK
Houghton Mifflin Company
"Laughing Boy" (1929), a novel of Navajo life, won La Farge the Pulitzer Prize in 1929.
1931
LITWORK
Houghton Mifflin Company
Novel.
1931
LITWORK
1935
LITWORK
Collection of short stories.
1937
LITWORK
Novel.
1947
LITWORK
Nonfiction.
1956
LITWORK
Nonfiction.
1956
LITWORK
Nonfiction.
1957
LITWORK
Short story collection.
1959
LITWORK
"Santa Fe" recounts the history of that city, (with Arthur N. Morgan).
1963
DEATH
1963
INTERMENT
1965
LITWORK
Houghton Mifflin
Nonfiction.
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