Louise Erdrich
American novelist of Chippewa descent whose Love Medicine launched a multigenerational saga of Native American life in North Dakota. The Night Watchman won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021. She is the most celebrated Native American novelist in contemporary literature.
Works
- Love MedicineInterconnected stories of Ojibwe families across generations on Minnesota reservation
- TracksNovel tracing Ojibwe community across decades through perspective of two female voices
- The Beet QueenChronicles interconnected lives of North Dakota Germans and Ojibwe across generations
- The Night WatchmanHistorical novel about Ojibwe community fighting against American Indian relocation policy
- LaRoseNovel exploring grief and supernatural connection when cursed child transformed family life