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James Welch

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Native American writer (1940-2003)

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, who grew up within the Blackfeet and A'aninin cultures of his parents, was a Native American novelist and poet. He is considered a founding author of the Native American Renaissance.

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1987American Book Awards
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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James Phillip Welch Jr., who grew up within the Blackfeet and A'aninin cultures of his parents, was a Native American novelist and poet. He is considered a founding author of the Native American Renaissance. His novel Fools Crow (1986) received several national literary awards, and his debut novel Winter in the Blood (1974) was adapted as a film by the same name, released in 2013.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1940 to 2003 · aged 62
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