Laura Tohe Explained
| Laura Tohe |
| Education: | University of New Mexico, University of Nebraska (MA, Phd - Creative Writing and Literature) |
| Awards: | Festival of Words Writers Award (2019) |
| Nationality: | Navajo, America |
Laura Tohe (born 1952) is a Native American author and poet. She is poet laureate of the Navajo Nation for 2015–2019,and is a professor emerita of English at Arizona State University.
Tohe was born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, the daughter of a Navajo code talker.She grew up speaking both Diné bizaad/Navajo language and English and was punished in school for speaking her native language due to assimilation.[1] She earned a B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1975, an M.A. from the University of Nebraska in 1985, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1993. She has been affiliated with Arizona State University since 1994.
Selected works
Books
- Making Friends with Water (Nosila Press, 1986)
- No Parole Today (West End Press, 1999)
- Tséyi' / Deep in the Rock: Reflections on Canyon de Chelly (with photographer Stephen E. Strom, University of Arizona Press, 2005)
- Code Talker Stories (Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2012)
Librettos
- Slayer, A Navajo Oratorio (With M. Grey, Naxos Digital Services US Inc. 2009)[2]
Awards
- "Tseyi, Deep in the Rock" won the Glyph Award for Best Poetry (2007)[3]
- Navajo Nation Poet Laureate (2017) [4]
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Burroway, Janet. A Story Larger than My Own. University of Chicago Press. 2014. 978-0-226-01410-4. London. 175.
- Web site: GREY, M.: Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio (S. Hendricks, Phoenix Symphony, M. Christie) - 8.559604. www.naxos.com. 2020-03-02.
- Book: Murphree, Daniel.. Native America : a State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia.. 2012. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-38127-0. 1058332562.
- Web site: ASU Professor, Laura Tohe, Becomes Navajo Nation Poet Laureate by Harriet Staff. 2020-03-09. Poetry Foundation. en. 2020-03-09.
