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The author of more than twenty-five books and a scholar of international reputation, Gerald Vizenor is one of the most prolific and versatile of contemporary Native American writers. His works, which include poetry, fiction, autobiography, a screenplay, narrative history, journalism, essays, and critical theory, display his eclectic knowledge and intellectual sophistication. Revolutionary in style and vision, Vizenor's works have broken new ground in the field of Native American literature. Particularly notable are his celebratory representations of mixed-blood identity, his use of a trickster dynamic, and his blending of the postmodern with the tribal. An inveterate coiner of words, Vizenor consistently challenges the limits of written language and tries in his works to privilege the oral aesthetic. He received the American Book Award and the Fiction Collective Award for his novel Griever: An American Monkey King in China (1987) and the PEN Oakland Book Award for his autobiography, Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors (1990).
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