About N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, and playwright, born on February 27, 1934, in Lawton, Oklahoma. A member of the Kiowa Indian tribe, he is best known for his novel "House Made of Dawn," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 and is considered a seminal work in Native American literature. Momaday's writing often explores themes of cultural identity, nature, and the interconnection between humanity and the land.