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Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and scholar (1927–2017)
Nora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer | |
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Nora Dauenhauer in 2011 | |
| Born | (1927-05-08)May 8, 1927 Juneau, Territory of Alaska |
| Died | September 25, 2017(2017-09-25) (aged 90) Juneau, Alaska, U.S. |
| Nationality | Tlingit |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, Tlingit Language Researcher |
| Known for | Tlingit language and history writing. |
Nora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer (May 8, 1927 – September 25, 2017) was a Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and Tlingit language scholar from Alaska.
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She won an American Book Award for Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 And 1804. Nora was Alaska State Writer Laureate from 2012 - 2014.
Early life
Nora Marks was born May 8, 1927, the first of 16 children of Emma Marks (1913–2006) of Yakutat, Alaska, and Willie Marks (1902–1981), a Tlingit from Hoonah, Alaska.
Nora's Tlingit name at birth was Keix̱wnéi.[1] Dauenhauer was raised i