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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House Made of Dawn (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptationType feature film
adaptationYear 1987
adaptedAs House Made of Dawn self-linksurface differs
surface form: House Made of Dawn (film)
author N. Scott Momaday
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel status
awardYear 1969
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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
surface form: Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: House Made of Dawn (film)