The Night Watchman
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction · 2021 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | 2021 | Winner |
About This Book
Based on the life of Erdrich's grandfather, Thomas Wazhashk, a Chippewa Council member who fights to defeat a congressional Termination bill in the 1950s that would effectively end Native American tribes. Running alongside his story is that of Patrice Paranteau, a young woman who travels to Minneapolis to search for her missing sister.
About the Author
Louise ErdrichAmerican
Louise Erdrich is an American author of German and Ojibwe descent and one of the most celebrated novelists in the United States. Born in Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1954, she is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. She studied at Dartmouth College and received her MFA from Johns Hopkins University. Read more →
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