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Marilou Awiakta (born January 24, 1936, Knoxville, Tennessee) is an Eastern Band Cherokee author.〔http://www4.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A12〕 She is renowned for writing several books that blend stories, essays and poetry. == Biography and career == Marilou Awiakta is the seventh generation of her family to grow up in Appalachia, mostly in East Tennessee. Since 1730, her Cherokee and Scots-Irish family has lived as a "designated family" in the mountainous area of the state. She graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1958 receiving a B.A. ''magna cum laude'', in both English and French.〔(Notable Alumni: Marilou Awiakta (1958) | Torchbearer )〕 She worked as a civilian liaison officer and translator for the U.S. Air Force at Laon-Couvron Air Base, France from 1964-1967. She worked in the Arts-In-Schools program in Memphis, Tennessee, and formed poetry workshops in the Women's Prison. She was co-founder of the Far Away Cherokee Association which is now the Native American Intertribal Association. She lives in Memphis, with her husband, Paul Thompson. They have three children.〔(Marilou Awiakta: Cherokee/Appalachian Poet and Essayist )〕〔(Marilou Awiakta (Marilou Thompson) (b. 1936) )〕 In July 2014, her work was featured in www.recoursaupoeme.fr 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「Marilou Awiakta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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