Joy Harjo

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Gender	Female
Age	72
Web site	joyharjo.com
Date of birth	May 9,1951
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Albums	Winding Through the Milky Way
	I Pray for My Enemies
	Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears
	Native Joy for Real
Job	Poet
	Musician
	Author
Education	The University of Iowa
	The University of New Mexico
	Institute of American Indian Arts
	University of New Mexico
	University of Iowa
	MFA
	Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)
Official site	joyharjo.com
Genres	Poetry
	Non-fiction
	Fiction
Literari movement	Native American Renaissance
Parents	Wynema Baker Foster
	Allen W. Foster
Born	Tulsa
	Oklahoma
	United States
Songs	2004
List	2021
	2004
Influences	Leslie Marmon Silko
	Simon J. Ortiz
	Flannery O'Connor
Nationality	American
Date of Reg.	2019-03-03 12:50:52
Date of Upd.	2023-11-13 19:22:13
ID	486659

Crazy Brave: A Memoir
How we became human
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
The woman who fell from the sky
A Map to the Next World: Poems
In mad love and war
The good luck cat
Secrets from the center of the world
Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo
What moon drove me to this?
Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light: A Play by Joy Harjo and a Circle of Responses
The spiral of memory
An American Sunrise: Poems
The Best of Cutthroat
Cutthroat 10th Anniversary a Tribute to Joy Harjo and Linda Hogan
The Pueblo Imagination: Landscape and Memory in the Photography of Lee Marmon
Rescue of the Missing Buffalo
Truth to Power: Writers Respond to the Rhetoric of Hate and Fear
Poet Warrior: A Memoir
She had some horses

American Book Award
William Carlos Williams Award
PEN/Open Book
American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award
Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
PEN Oakland awards
Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award
Eagle Spirit Achievement Award
Native Writers Circle of The Americas Lifetime Achievement Award
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Mvskoke Women's Leadership Initiative Award for Artist of the Year
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Writer of the Year
Oklahoma Center for the Book Award for Poetry
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Storyteller of the Year
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Award for Poetry
University of New Mexico Kiva Club Nizhoni Days Art Show Award for Drawing
Outstanding Young Women of America Award
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Musical Artist of the Year
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Writer of the Year - Children's Books
Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Writer of the Year - Poetry
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Writer's Award
New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts

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Joy Harjo Life story

Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to have served three terms.