Native American Authors
Marilou Awiakta , 1936-
Cherokee
Marilou Awiakta was born in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Awiakta is profiled in the 1994 Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the U.S. for her outstanding contributions to Appalachian Literature Award in 1991.
Awards and Honors
Distinguished Tennessee Writer Award in 1989.
Online resources by or about Marilou Awiakta:
Amazons in Appalachia by Marilou AwiaktaAuthor: Marilou Awiakta
Type: etext
Description: Text of an essay by Awiakta, from "Awakened Woman Magazine", originally published in the anthology "A Gathering of Spirit."
URL: http://www.awakenedwoman.com/amazons.htm
Marilou Awiakta
Author: Jennifer M. Johnson
Type: authorbio
Description: This site dedicated to Awiakta was authored by a student at Marshall University. It includes a biography, timeline, primary bibliography, secondary bibliography, and a literary analysis of Selu.
URL: http://webpages.marshall.edu/~johns121/index2.html
Books by Marilou Awiakta:
Awiakta, Marilou. Abiding Appalachia: where mountain and atom meetBlacksburg, VA : Pocahontas Press, 2006.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0936015993
Awiakta, Marilou. Confessing conscience : churched women on abortion
Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press, 1990.
Genre: Essays
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0687093880
Awiakta, Marilou. Poets of the river city poetry competition, 1978
Memphis, TN : St. Luke's Press, 1978.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0918518083
Awiakta, Marilou. Rising Fawn and the fire mystery
Memphis, TN : St. Luke's Press, 1983.
Genre: Fiction
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0918518296
Awiakta, Marilou. Selu : seeking the Corn-Mother's wisdom
Goldon, Colorado : Fulcrum Pub., 1993.
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 1555911447
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