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Sherman Alexie
Northwest
author and
speaker.
Wrote script
for Smoke
Signals
Early years
Born October 1966
A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene
Indian
Grew up on the Spokane
Indian Reservation
Challenges
Born hydrocephalic (water on the brain)
Underwent a brain operation at the age of 6 months
Was not expected to survive.
Challenges
Doctors predicted he would live with severe mental retardation
Severe side effects (seizures and bed-wetting) throughout his childhood.
Challenges
Alexie was a loner
in his early years.
He was teased by
some of his
classmates in
elementary school.
Education
Reardan High
School
“The only
Indian...except
for the school
mascot."
Awards
Washington State Arts
Commission Poetry
Fellowship in 1991
National Endowment for
the Arts Poetry
Fellowship in 1992.
Works
First collection of
short stories, The
Lone Ranger and
Tonto Fistfight in
Heaven,
published in
1993.
Novels
Reservation Blues, Indian Killer, Toughest Indian in the World
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indianpublished in 2007
Screenplay
Screenplay
for Smoke
Signals
Awards at the
1998
Sundance
Film Festival
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Subject matter for works
Alexie writes of the
struggles and
challenges of
alcoholism, family,
and identity.
He writes poems,
short stories and
novels.
Some of his works
are controversial.
Life today
Lives in Seattle
with wife and
two sons
Popular speaker
and stand-up
comedian
Life today
Still battles insomnia
Writes when he can’t
sleep
You might find him at
the IHOP in the “U”
district writing at 3 in
the morning
Sherman Alexie Biography Outline(Rough Draft Due Friday)
Topic sentence (a general statement that tells
the reader what the paragraph is about).
Biographical information – Childhood years
– Education
– Challenges
– Victories
Literature and legacy– Published works
– Subject matter for works
– Awards and honors
Life today– Where he lives today
– What he’s active doing today