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Alexie’s success in the classroom and on the basketball court lead him to his writing success when accepted into University with a scholarship. Alexie worked on is first published collection, The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Viviane Poems. When his poem became successful, Alexie stopped drinking and quit school with only three credits short of his degree. In 1995 Sherman Alexie was awarded a bachelor's degree from Washington State University .Alexie received many awards such as the American Book Award in 1996 for his book Reservation Blues, The National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2007 for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2010 for his book War Dogs. Alexie
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