Oscar Hokeah

Oscar Hokeah
Citizenship	Cherokee Nation, Kiowa Tribe, USA
Education	Institute of American Indian Arts
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma
Genre	fiction
Notable awards	PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
Website
oscarhokeah.com

Oscar Hokeah (born December 25, 1975) is a Native American writer.

Education

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma and the Institute of American Indian Arts, he is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Career and honors

His debut novel Calling for a Blanket Dance (2022), which won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and was on the Aspen Words Literary Prize shortlist in 2023.

Bibliography

• "Náu jépjègàu (Our Family): Relationality in Kiowa Literature (2012) ^[8]
• Calling for a Blanket Dance (2022)

References

1. Cassara, Joseph (16 August 2022). "Family, Home and Heartbreak in Three Debuts". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
2. Miller, Kerri; Gordon, Kelly (19 August 2022). "Debut novelist Oscar Hokeah highlights the pain and healing power of Indigenous communities". MPR News. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
3. Williams, Kaya (14 April 2023). "Aspen Public Radio: Aspen Words Literary Prize finalist Oscar Hokeah draws from personal experience in debut novel". www.aspentimes.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
4. Herrera, Allison (18 April 2023). "Oklahoma author Oscar Hokeah's debut novel comes from a decolonized perspective". KOSU. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
5. Trimel, Suzanne (14 March 2023). "Oscar Hokeah Binds Together the Threads of Native American Experience in His Debut Novel Calling for a Blanket Dance". PEN America. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
6. Bark, Lindsey (12 September 2022). "Hokeah debuts 'Calling for a Blanket Dance' novel". Cherokee Phoenix. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
7. Arkema, Allie (13 October 2022). "Oscar Hokeah". Authors Unbound. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
8. "Náu jépjègàu (our family) : relationality in Kiowa literature". WorldCat. Retrieved 13 July 2025.

Further reading

• Owen, Kyrié Eleison (September 2023). "Making Things Brighter for the Next Generation: A Conversation with Oscar Hokeah". World Literature Today. 97 (5).