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Joy Harjo (born May 9, 1951) is a Mvskoke poet, musician, and author. She is often cited as playing a formidable role in the second wave of what critic Kenneth Lincoln termed the Native American Renaissance of the late 20th century. She is the author of such books as ''Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings'' (2015), ''Crazy Brave'' (2012), and ''How We Became Humans: New and Selected Poems 1975 - 2002'' (2004). ==Life== Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1951 and is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, with partial Cherokee descent. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Known primarily as a poet, Harjo has also taught at the college level, played alto saxophone with the band Poetic Justice, edited literary journals, and written screenplays. In 1995, Harjo received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas. In 2002, Harjo received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award for ''A Map to the Next World: Poetry and Tales.'' In 2008, she served as a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, for which she currently serves as a member of its National Advisory Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NACF National Leadership Council Members )〕 Harjo joined the faculty of the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in January 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joy Harjo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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