Louise Erdrich - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	07-June-1954
Place of Birth	Little Falls (Morrison County, Minnesota, United States of America)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Karen Louise Erdrich
Profession	Writer, Novelist, Author, Poet
Louise Erdrich is an American writer of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a band of the Anishinaabe. Erdrich is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of the Native American Renaissance. In 2009, her novel The Plague of Doves was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In November 2012, she received the National Book Award for Fiction for her novel The Round House. She was married to author Michael Dorris and the two collaborated on a number of works. She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature and the Native community in the Twin Cities.

Awards by Louise Erdrich

Check all the awards nominated and won by Louise Erdrich.

2012

National Book Award for Fiction

Honored for : The Round House

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction	The Round House

2009

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

Honored for : The Plague of Doves

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction	The Plague of Doves

2001

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction	The Last Report on the Miracle at Little No Horse

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Book for Older Children	The Birchbark House

1999

World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

Honored for : The Antelope Wife

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel	The Antelope Wife
National Book Award for Young People's Literature	The Birchbark House

1985

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada	(Fiction)
American Book Awards	Honored for : Love Medicine

1984

National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction	Honored for : Love Medicine

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