ZUM TOD DES INDIGENEN AMERIKANISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLERS NAVARRE SCOTT MOMADAY

Der am 27. Februar 1934 in Lawton (Oklahoma) geborene indigene amerikanische Schriftsteller, Poet, Literaturwissenschaftler und Kunstmaler Navarre Scott Momaday (Bild) ist am 24. Januar 2024 in Santa Fe (New Mexico) gestorben. Momaday war ein Sohn der Schriftstellerin Natachee Scott Momaday und des Malers Al Momaday. Er gehörte zum Stamm der Kiowa. Für seinen ersten Roman «House Made of Dawn» wurde er 1969 als erster indigener Amerikaner überhaupt mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnet. 1992 wurde Momaday in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences gewählt, 2022 in die American Academy of Arts and Letters. 2007 überreichte ihm US-Präsident George W. Bush die National Medal of Arts. 2018 wurde er für sein Lebenswerk mit einem Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ausgezeichnet, und 2021 wurde ihm die Frost Medal zuerkannt. Momaday galt als einer der profiliertesten Vertreter moderner indigener Kultur, der tiefe Einsichten in die Problematik und Spiritualität indigener Völker mit wissenschaftlicher Reflexion verband. (*)

Bild: Navarre Scott Momaday – Video © Library of Congress, Book Fest 07,
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021691803/

N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89

«Scott was an extraordinary person and an extraordinary poet and writer. He was a singular voice in American literature, and it was an honor and a privilege to work with him,» Momaday’s editor, Jennifer Civiletto, said in a statement. «His Kiowa heritage was deeply meaningful to him and he devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially the oral tradition.»

Hillel Italie

https://apnews.com/article/native-writer-scott-momaday-dead-1b6690dfa0bb11eda12f3c219cee77e8

N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer prize-winner and Native American literary great, dies

We learned this week of the death of N. Scott Momaday at his home in Santa Fe. The novelist, poet, essayist and painter was the first Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize, and he ushered in a renaissance in Native American literature. Megan Kamerick at member station KUNM has this remembrance.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/30/1227943098/n-scott-momaday-pulitzer-prize-winner-and-native-american-literary-great-dies

N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-Winning Native American Novelist, Dies at 89

The Pulitzer was a surprise for Mr. Momaday and for others in the publishing world. Originally asked to submit poetry by an editor at the Harper publishing company, he sent instead the relatively slender manuscript of the novel as an entry in the company’s novel contest. Although he had missed the deadline, an editor, Frances McCullough, immediately saw its merit and urged that it be accepted for publication.

John Motyka

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/books/n-scott-momaday-dead.html

Dr. Momaday’s work was credited with opening doors for generations of Native American authors, including James Welch, Sherman Alexie, Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich, whose 2020 novel «The Night Watchman» won the Pulitzer in fiction.

«Momaday was the one we all looked up to,» poet Joy Harjo told the American Masters PBS documentary series. «His works were transcendent. There was always a point where despite the challenges and losses … there was some moment that imparted beauty.»

Olesia Plokhii

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/01/29/scott-momaday-native-american-pulitzer-dead/

N. Scott Momaday Built the Foundations of Native American Literature

Smithsonian scholars offer their reflections on the author, who died last week at age 89, and his impact on a new generation of Native writers

Julia Binswanger

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/n-scott-momaday-first-native-american-pulitzer-winner-dies-89-180983687/

N Scott Momaday, novelista nativo americano ganador del Pulitzer, muere a los 89 años

N Scott Momaday, narrador, poeta, educador y folclorista ganador del premio Pulitzer cuya primera novela House Made of Dawn es ampliamente reconocida como el punto de partida de la literatura nativa americana contemporánea, ha fallecido.

https://www.esdelatino.com/n-scott-momaday-novelista-nativo-americano-ganador-del-pulitzer-muere-a-los-89-anos-nativos-americanos/

N. Scott Momaday, auteur d’«Une maison faite d’aube»: «Le silence est un réservoir de sens»

Unique lauréat amérindien du prix Pulitzer, l’écrivain N. Scott Momaday, membre de la nation Kiowa, raconte sa culture, alors que reparaît son maître ouvrage.

Marie-Hélène Fraïssé, 2020

https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2020/12/05/n-scott-momaday-auteur-d-une-maison-faite-d-aube-le-silence-est-un-reservoir-de-sens_6062336_3260.html

È morto Momaday, il primo autore nativo americano vincitore del premio Pulitzer per la narrativa

Con il romanzo «Casa fatta di alba» ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer per la narrativa. Lo scrittore è morto a Sante Fe, nel New Mexico, all’età di 89 anni

Giulio D’Antona

https://www.lastampa.it/cultura/2024/01/30/news/scott_momaday_morto_scrittore_nativo_americano_pulitzer-14032207/

Wegbereiter einer indigenen Stimme

«Er war wegweisend für die Wahrnehmung der indigenen Literatur in den USA», sagt die Amerikanistin Katja Sarkowsky.

Maja Ellmenreich

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/indigene-gegenwartsstimme-katja-sarkowsky-zum-tod-von-n-scott-momaday-dlf-9c69041a-100.html

Gigant der indianischen Literatur

Seine Vorstellung von dem, was Literatur soll und kann, grenzte ans Absolute: Sie sollte zum eigentlichen Medium indianischer Identität werden. N. Scott Momaday hat diese Vorgabe überzeugend umgesetzt.

Hartwig Isernhagen

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/nachruf-n-scott-momaday-die-indianische-literatur-verliert-einen-pionier-ld.1315070?reduced=true

Videos:

The First Native American to Win the Pulitzer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h7N_bcNeu0&t=17s

Robert Redford and N. Scott Momaday on Oral Tradition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfW2wlUK_wE

N. Scott Momaday, Academy Class of 1993, Full Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jLK_2xCaA

N. Scott Momaday: Book Fest 2007, Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021691803/

A Conversation with N. Scott Momaday – Writer’s Symposium by the Sea 2023