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Ralph Salisbury
, 1924-
Ralph Salisbury was born in Arlington, Iowa. He is of Cherokee and Irish background, and is a poet, storyteller, translator and editor. Salisbury received his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa in 1951. He travelled as a Fulbright Scholar to Norway, studying the cultural and oral traditions of Sami people, and has been a lecturer in Germany. His career includes professor in the English Department at theUniversity of Oregon from 1951-1994.
Awards and Honors
Rockefeller Bellagi Award
Books by Ralph Salisbury:
Salisbury, Ralph. The last rattlesnake throw and other stories
Norman, Okla. : University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: x, 245 p. ; 23 cm.
American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 28
ISBN: 0806130881
Salisbury, Ralph. One Indian and two chiefs : short fiction
Tsaile, AZ : Navajo Community College Press, 1993.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 173 p. ; 23 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0912586737
Salisbury, Ralph. Pointing at the rainbow : poems from a Cherokee heritage
Marvin, S.D. : Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1980.
Genre: Poetry
Description: Blue Cloud quarterly, 0065-064X ; v. 26, no. 1.
Audience: Adult
Salisbury, Ralph. Rainbows of stone
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2000.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: xii, 137 p. ; p., 23 cm.
Sun tracks ; v. 43.
ISBN: 0816520364
Salisbury, Ralph. Spirit beast chant
Marvin, S.D. : Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1982.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 24 p. ; 21 cm. The Blue Cloud quarterly, 0006-5064 ; v. 28, no. 2.
Audience: Adult
Salisbury, Ralph. A white rainbow : poems of a Cherokee heritage
Marvin, S.D. : Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1985.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 24 p. ; 21 cm. Blue Cloud quarterly ; vol. 31, no. 1.
Audience: Adult
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