Leslie Marmon Silko
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About
A New Mexico-born writer belonging to the Laguna Pueblo tribe, she became a key figure in the Native American Renaissance. Her best-known works include Ceremony (1977), Almanac of the Dead (1991), and The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir (2010).
Before Fame
She graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1969. She received a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for her early short story, The Man to Send Rain Clouds.
Trivia
She was an original (1981) recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant.
Family Life
She married John Silko in 1971; together, they had one son. Previously, she had been married to Richard C. Chapman.
Associated With
She accused poet Gary Snyder of profiting from Native American culture.
