![]() ![]() ![]() Silko was awarded the MacArthur Grant in 1981 as well as the Native Writers’ Circle of Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. She burst onto the writing scene with her first, widely acclaimed short story, “The Man to Send Rain Clouds,” and followed by publishing more stories, and poems as well as her Ceremony in 1977. She considered becoming a lawyer and briefly attended law school, but soon dropped out to pursue a literary career. Silko grew up on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, then attended the University of New Mexico. ![]() She is of Laguna, Mexican, and Anglo-American heritage, and in her work often explores multicultural themes exploring the intersection and tensions inherent in her background. Leslie Marmon Silko is often known as the first Native American woman author published in the United States. ![]()
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