Sherman Alexie Accomplishments
Success and Life Today
A relentless attempt of Sherman Alexie :to draw awareness among the young generations through his writings and storytelling. Today Alexie is exploring in all branches of literature through his writings: poem, novel short - story, editing, short story for children, songwriting, composing, directory, and public speaking. But he is more relevant in novel, short story, and public speaking .His writings are mainly about poverty, racism , alcoholism and abuse which are the part and parcel of native American’s life. He depicted his serious thoughts in a humorous and light- hearted way in his writings. Alexie acquire plenty of admiration for his poems and short stories of contemporary Native American reservation life.Among them …show more content…
In 2005, Alexie was chosen as the board member of the”Longhouse Media,” a non-profit organization that has launched to teach filmmaking skills to Native American youth and using media for cultural expression and social change.As the recognition of his works Sherman Alexie accomplished enormous amounts of awards, some of them are : American Book Award (1996). National Book Award (2007). PEN/ Faulkner(2010) and many others. In spite of all these attainments, there are also some controversy about Alexie’s writings. For example : “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” was pulled from the curriculum of Idaho Schools. Following parental objections that,the writer used filthy words. The school board in the Meridian district in Idaho has voted to remove it from high- school supplement reading list, where it has been used since 2010. (the gurdian.com/books). Today Sherman Alexie is a successful author but very down to earth person, married to Diane who is also a Native American (Hidatsa, Ho Chunk, and Potawatomi descent) and he is the father of two sons; lives in Seattle.He was shocked at his mother’s death and also mourns for her tribe and culture who was one of the last speaker of the traditional Spokane language.(Tampa Bay Times). He wrote a memoir as a tribute for his mother,“You Don’t
A relentless attempt of Sherman Alexie :to draw awareness among the young generations through his writings and storytelling. Today Alexie is exploring in all branches of literature through his writings: poem, novel short - story, editing, short story for children, songwriting, composing, directory, and public speaking. But he is more relevant in novel, short story, and public speaking .His writings are mainly about poverty, racism , alcoholism and abuse which are the part and parcel of native American’s life. He depicted his serious thoughts in a humorous and light- hearted way in his writings. Alexie acquire plenty of admiration for his poems and short stories of contemporary Native American reservation life.Among them …show more content…
In 2005, Alexie was chosen as the board member of the”Longhouse Media,” a non-profit organization that has launched to teach filmmaking skills to Native American youth and using media for cultural expression and social change.As the recognition of his works Sherman Alexie accomplished enormous amounts of awards, some of them are : American Book Award (1996). National Book Award (2007). PEN/ Faulkner(2010) and many others. In spite of all these attainments, there are also some controversy about Alexie’s writings. For example : “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” was pulled from the curriculum of Idaho Schools. Following parental objections that,the writer used filthy words. The school board in the Meridian district in Idaho has voted to remove it from high- school supplement reading list, where it has been used since 2010. (the gurdian.com/books). Today Sherman Alexie is a successful author but very down to earth person, married to Diane who is also a Native American (Hidatsa, Ho Chunk, and Potawatomi descent) and he is the father of two sons; lives in Seattle.He was shocked at his mother’s death and also mourns for her tribe and culture who was one of the last speaker of the traditional Spokane language.(Tampa Bay Times). He wrote a memoir as a tribute for his mother,“You Don’t