House Made of Dawn

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House Made of Dawn is a landmark 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday that helped inaugurate the Native American Renaissance in literature and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
adaptationYear 1987 ⓘ
adaptedAs House Made of Dawn (film) ⓘ
linked to: House Made of Dawn
author N. Scott Momaday ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel status ⓘ
awardYear 1969 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre Native American literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn subsequent Native American writers ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
conflict between Native American and Western cultures ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ
spiritual renewal ⓘ
includedIn canon of Native American literature ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Native American Renaissance ⓘ
literarySignificance early major work of contemporary Native American fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Abel ⓘ
narrativePerspective multiple viewpoints ⓘ
narrativeStyle nonlinear ⓘ
notableFor helping inaugurate the Native American Renaissance in literature ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Row ⓘ
setting Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Jemez Pueblo

Los Angeles, California ⓘ
subjectMatter Pueblo ceremonial life ⓘ
post–World War II Native American experience ⓘ

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N. Scott Momaday → notableWork → House Made of Dawn ⓘ
House Made of Dawn → adaptedAs → House Made of Dawn (film) ⓘ
linked to: House Made of Dawn
Native American literature → notableWork → House Made of Dawn ⓘ
The Names: A Memoir → relatedWorkByAuthor → House Made of Dawn ⓘ
Abel → appearsIn → House Made of Dawn ⓘ
Abel → firstAppearance → House Made of Dawn (1968) ⓘ
linked to: House Made of Dawn