Brandon Hobson is a Cherokee fiction writer primarily known for literary fiction novels. His novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking (2018), was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.
Brandon Hobson | |
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 Hobson at the Tulsa Public Library | |
| Occupation | writer, professor |
| Nationality | Cherokee Nation |
| Education | Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City University |
| Genre | literary fiction |
| Literary movement | postmodern fiction, postmodern literature, metafiction, postcolonialism |
Career
editHobson received his PhD in English from Oklahoma State University and teaches creative writing at New Mexico State University and at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.[1][2]
In 2022, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[3] His fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2021 ("Escape from the Dysphesiac People"), McSweeney's, Conjunctions, The Believer, NOON, and many other places.
Honors and awards
editLiterary awards
edit- 2016 Pushcart Prize for "Past the Econolodge" in Noon (magazine)
- 2018 National Book Award for Fiction Finalist for Where the Dead Sit Talking [4]
- 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlisted for Where the Dead Sit Talking [5]
- 2019 Reading the West Award winner in fiction for Where the Dead Sit Talking [6]
- 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize Finalist for Where the Dead Sit Talking [7]
- 2020 International Dublin Literary Award Longlisted for Where the Dead Sit Talking [8]
- 2022 Western Heritage Award Winner for The Removed [9]
- 2023 Dos Passos Prize Finalist [10]
- 2026 PEN Faulkner Award Longlisted for The Devil is a Southpaw [11]
- 2026 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist for The Devil is a Southpaw [12]
Other
editBooks
editNovels
edit- Deep Ellum, 2014
- Desolation of Avenues Untold, 2015
- Where the Dead Sit Talking, 2018
- The Removed, 2021[16]
- The Devil is a Southpaw, 2025
Children's books
edit- The Storyteller, 2023
References
edit- ↑ "About". Brandon Hobson. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ↑ Green, Yantis (February 27, 2023). "Native American Author Headlines ASU Writers Conference".
- ↑ "Brandon Hobson".
- ↑ "Brandon Hobson". National Book Foundation. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Aspen Institute Announces the Longlist for the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ https://readingthewest.com/winners/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Reading the West |language=en-US}}
- ↑ "What's New At SFC". St. Francis College. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Where The Dead Sit Talking – International DUBLIN Literary Award". Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ↑ "The Removed - Western Heritage Award Winner". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ↑ https://www.longwood.edu/news/2023/dos-passos-shortlist-2023/
- ↑ https://www.penfaulkner.org/2026/02/02/announcing-the-longlist-for-the-2026-pen-faulkner-award-for-fiction/
- ↑ https://pen.org/2026-pen-america-literary-awards-finalists/
- ↑ https://www.gf.org/fellows/brandon-hobson/
- ↑ https://www.tulsalibrary.org/2025-american-indian-writers-award-honoring-brandon-hobson
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_City-County_Library
- ↑ Hobson, Brandon (2021). The Removed (hardcover ed.). HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062997548.
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