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- Birth nameNavarre Scott Mammedaty
- N. Scott Momaday was born on February 27, 1934 in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. He was a writer, known for House Made of Dawn (1972), More Than Bows & Arrows (1978) and Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert (2005). He was married to Regina Heitzer and Gaye Mangold. He died on January 24, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
- SpousesRegina Heitzer(July 21, 1979 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Gaye Mangold(September 5, 1959 - ?) (divorced, 3 children)
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- Won a 1969 Pulitzer Prize (Fiction), for his novel *House Made of Dawn.*
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 134, pages 338-344. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Children (all daughters): first marriage: Cael, Jill, Brit; second marriage: Lore.
- Father of actress Jill Scott Momaday.
- He was awarded the 2007 National Medal of the Arts for his services to literature in Washington D.C.
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