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Quick facts for kids Linda Hogan
Hogan in 2007
Born	Linda K. Henderson (1947-07-16) July 16, 1947 (age 78) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation	Author, professor
Education	University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (BA) University of Colorado, Boulder (MA)
Genre	Poetry
Years active	1978–present
Children	2

Linda K. Hogan, born on July 16, 1947, is a talented American writer. She is known for her poems, stories, and novels. Linda Hogan also teaches and cares deeply about the environment. She was once the official writer for the Chickasaw Nation, a Native American tribe. She has won many awards, including the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.

Early Life and Family Roots

Linda Hogan was born in Denver, Colorado. Her father, Charles C. Henderson, was a member of the Chickasaw Nation. Her mother, Cleona Florine (Bower) Henderson, was of white descent. Linda's uncle, Wesley Henderson, helped create the White Buffalo Council in Denver during the 1950s. This group helped Native American people who were moving to the city. Many moved because of the Indian Relocation Act of 1956, which encouraged Indigenous peoples to leave their lands for work.

Linda Hogan's Career Journey

Linda Hogan earned her Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978. She became a full professor of Creative Writing at the University of Colorado. Later, she taught in the university's Ethnic Studies Department for two years.

Speaking and Teaching Around the World

Linda Hogan has been a speaker at important events, including the United Nations Forum. She also gave a main speech at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. More recently, she spent six years as the Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation. She also taught at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe.

Writing Across Different Styles

Hogan writes in many different styles. She creates poetry, novels, short stories, and essays about nature. She has also written non-fiction essays for groups that protect the environment, like The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club. In 2015, Hogan worked with Brenda Peterson on a book called Sightings, the Mysterious Journey of the Gray Whale for National Geographic. She also wrote the script for a PBS documentary called Everything Has a Spirit. This film was about Native American religious freedom.

Personal Life

Linda Hogan was married to Pat Hogan, and they have two children.

Awards and Special Recognition

Linda Hogan has received many awards for her writing and contributions:

• Five Civilized Tribes Play Writing Award, 1980
• Stand magazine Fiction Award, 1983
• American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1986
• Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1991
• Guggenheim Fellow, 1991
• Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction for Mean Spirit, 1991
• Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993
• Colorado Book Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993
• Lannan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, 1994
• Colorado Book Award for Solar Storms, 1996
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, 1998
• Writer of the Year (Creative Prose), Wordcraft Circle Award, 2002
• Inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame, 2007
• Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship, 2015
• Thoreau Prize from PEN, 2016

Published Works

Linda Hogan has written many books and collections of poetry:

• Calling Myself Home, Greenfield Review Press, 1978
• A Piece of Moon, 1981
• Daughters, I Love You, Research Center on Women, 1981
• Eclipse, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1983, ISBN: 978-0-935626-18-6
• Mean Spirit, Atheneum, 1990, ISBN: 978-0-689-12101-2
• Red Clay: Poems and Stories, Greenfield Review Press, 1991, ISBN: 978-0-912678-83-2
• The book of medicines: poems, Coffee House Press, 1993, ISBN: 978-1-56689-010-6
• The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women and the Green World, 2000; North Point Press, 2001, ISBN: 978-0-86547-559-5
• Rounding the Human Corners: Poems, Coffee House Press, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-56689-210-0
• People of the Whale: A Novel; W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-393-33534-7
• The Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (ed.) Morning Light Press, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-59675-026-5
• Indios, poems, Wings Press, 2012
• Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, 2014

Included in Other Collections

• Melissa Tuckey, ed. Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.

See also

• List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
• Native American Renaissance
• Native American Studies