Person Detail: Oliver La Farge

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General Information:
Full Name: Oliver La Farge
Biography: (1901-1963) Writer and anthropologist. Oliver La Farge was born in New York City. He graduated from Harvard (B.A. 1924, M.A. 1929). He conducted three archaeological expeditions to Arizona and ethnological expeditions to Guatemala and Mexico. La Farge used his field experience to authenticate his reflective stories of Native American habit and character. "Laughing Boy" (1929), a novel of Navajo life, won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. Other works are "The Sparks Fly Upward" (1931), "The Enemy Gods" (1937), and the stories "All The Young Men" (1935). "Santa Fe" recounts the history of that city.
Author's Timeline:
1901		New York County Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge was born in New York City on December 19, 1901.
1963		(Unknown) County Oliver La Farge died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on August 2, 1963.
1929		(Unknown) County Laughing Boy (Pub: Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: ) "Laughing Boy" (1929), a novel of Navajo life, won La Farge the Pulitzer Prize in 1929.
1931		(Unknown) County The Sparks Fly Upward (Pub: Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: ) Novel.
1937		(Unknown) County The Enemy Gods Novel.
1935		(Unknown) County All The Young Men Collection of short stories.
1959		(Unknown) County Santa Fe: The Autobiography of a Southwestern Town "Santa Fe" recounts the history of that city, (with Arthur N. Morgan).
1947		(Unknown) County Santa Eulalia: The Religion of a Cuchumatan Indian Town Nonfiction.
1963		(Unknown) County Oliver La Farge was interred at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
1965		(Unknown) County The Door in the Wall (Pub: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1957		(Unknown) County A Pause in the Desert Short story collection.
1956		(Unknown) County Behind the Mountains Nonfiction.
1956		(Unknown) County A Pictorial History of the American Indian Nonfiction.