Irvin Morris (born 1958) is a
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...
author from the Tobaahi clan.
He has taught at Cornell University, the State University of New York, the University of Arizona, and Dine College. He received his MFA at
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
.
His work, ''From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story'' (1997) is a blend of
Navajo creation narrative, history, fictionalized memoir, and Navajo stories.
The title is taken from the Navajo creation story about the last of five existing worlds, our own, which is called the glittering world.
Works
The Blood Stone From Neon Powwow, edited by Anna Lee Walters, Northland Press, 1993.
From Neon Powwow, edited by Anna Lee Walters, Northland Press, 1993.
* Morris, Irvin. From the Glittering World : a Navajo story. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1997.
References
*Kratzert, M. "Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon", Collection Building Vol. 17, 1, 1998, p. 4
Native American writers
Cornell University alumni
Living people
1958 births
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