Oliver La Farge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Oliver La Farge

Novelist, anthropologist

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1901

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1963

Profession: screenwriter, writer, journalist, archaeologist, anthropologist, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Oliver La Farge

  • Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II (December 19, 1901 – August 2, 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist.
  • During 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southwest.
  • In addition to more than 15 scholarly works, mostly about Native Americans, he wrote several novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Laughing Boy (1929).
  • In addition, La Farge's short stories were published in the magazines The New Yorker and Esquire.
  • His more notable works, both fiction and non-fiction, emphasize Native American culture.
  • He was most familiar with the Navajo people, had a speaking knowledge of their language and was nicknamed by them 'Anast'harzi Nez', i.e.
  • "Tall Cliff-Dweller".

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