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

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".