Maurice Kenny

Derek C. Maus (SUNY, Potsdam)

Ed. by Padraig Kirwan, Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.6: Indigenous Writing and Culture of North America - United States.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University)

Dates

Born 16 Aug 1929
Died 16 Apr 2016
Activity 1956-2016

Places

Active in United States

Activities

Primary

Poet

Resources

Although Maurice Kenny is perhaps less familiar to casual readers than such relative contemporaries as M. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, James Welch, or Gerald Vizenor, his contributions to American – particularly Native American – literature as a poet, essayist, writer of short-stories, critic, teacher, and editor/publisher are of comparable significance. During a career that spanned six decades, he published more than thirty books, was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and received the American Book Award in 1984 for The Mama Poems.

Maurice Frank Kenny was born on August 16, 1929 in the small town of Cape Vincent in the Thousand Islands region of upstate New York. Preceded by his sisters Agnes and …

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Citation: Maus, Derek C.. "Maurice Kenny". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 November 2016 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13735, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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