Brandon Hobson
Brandon Hobson | |
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| Occupation | writer, professor |
| Nationality | Cherokee Nation |
| Education | Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City University |
| Genre | literary fiction |
Brandon Hobson is a Native American writer primarily known for literary fiction novels. His novel Where the Dead Sit Talking (2018) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.
Career
[edit]Hobson received his PhD in English from Oklahoma State University and teaches creative writing at New Mexico State University and at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe.[1][2] In 2022, he won a Guggenheim Fellowship.[3] His fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2021 ("Escape from the Dysphesiacs"), McSweeney's, Conjunctions, The Believer, NOON, and many other places.[1] Writer Ottessa Moshfegh included his novel Deep Ellum on her list of six favorite books.[4]
Honors and awards
[edit]- 2016 Pushcart Prize[1][5]
- 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, finalist[6]
- 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist[7]
- 2019 Reading the West Award, winner[8]
- 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize, finalist[9]
- 2020 International Dublin Literary Award longlist[10]
- 2022 Western Heritage Award, winner
- 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship[3]
- 2023 Dos Passos Prize, finalist[11]
Books
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Deep Ellum, 2014
- Desolation of Avenues Untold, 2015
- Where the Dead Sit Talking, 2018
- The Removed, 2021[12]
Children's books
[edit]- The Storyteller, 2023
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "About". Brandon Hobson. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ Green, Yantis (February 27, 2023). "Native American Author Headlines ASU Writers Conference".
- ^ a b "Brandon Hobson".
- ^ Ottessa Moshfegh's Six Favorite Books
- ^ Report, Bulletin (May 29, 2022). "NMSU assistant professor receives Guggenheim Fellowship". Las Cruces Bulletin. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Brandon Hobson". National Book Foundation. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Aspen Institute Announces the Longlist for the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ^ "Reading the West Winners - Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association". Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "What's New At SFC". St. Francis College. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ^ "Where The Dead Sit Talking – International DUBLIN Literary Award". Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ https://www.longwood.edu/news/2023/dos-passos-shortlist-2023/
- ^ Hobson, Brandon (2021). The Removed (hardcover ed.). HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062997548.
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