Simon J. Ortiz
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Simon J. Ortiz (born May 27, 1941) is a Native American writer, poet, and enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma. Ortiz is one of the key figures in the second wave of what has been called the Native American Renaissance.[1]
Simon J. Ortiz | |
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Born | (1941-05-27) May 27, 1941 (age 83) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, educator, politician |
Nationality | Acoma Pueblo, American |
Period | c. 1976–present |
Genre | Poetry, fiction |
Literary movement | Native American Renaissance |
Notable works | From Sand Creek: Rising In This Heart Which Is Our America |
Spouse | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz |
Ortiz's commitment to preserving and expanding the literary and oral histories of the Acoma people accounts for many of the themes and techniques that compose his work. Ortiz identifies himself less as a "poet" than a "storyteller".[citation needed] The composition of a traditional Pueblo storyteller includes not only oral narrative materials, which adapt easily to short story or essay forms but also songs, chants, winter stories, sacred oral narratives associated with origin stories and their attendant ceremonies. Such materials when recited aloud, have a distinctly "poetic" texture.[2]