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Michael Dorris

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Born: January 29 1945

Died: 0909 04 19971997

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Michael Dorris was a novelist, short story writer, nonfiction writer, and author of books for children

The first member of his family to attend college, Dorris graduated from Georgetown with honors in English and received his graduate degree in anthropology from Yale. Dorris worked as a professor of English and anthropology at Dartmouth College.

Dorris was part-Native American through the lineage of his paternal. He founded the Native American Studies department at Dartmouth in 1972 and chaired it until 1985.

In 1971, Dorris became the first unmarried man in the United States to adopt a child. His adopted son, Reynold Abel, was diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome and his condition became the subject of Dorris' The Broken Cord,.

In 1981, Dorris married aspiring writer Louise Erdrich. Throughout their relationship, Erdrich and Dorris edited and contributed to each other's writing.

In 1991, Dorris' adopted son, Reynold Abel, died after being hit by a car. In 1996, Louise Erdrich separated from Dorris. On April 10, 1997, Dorris committed suicide in Concord, New Hampshire.

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Books from Michael Dorris

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

The Crown of Columbus

Morning Girl

The Broken Cord

Sees Behind Trees

Guests

Working Men

Paper Trail: Essays

The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering

Ploughshares Fall 1993 Guest-Edited by Sue Miller

Circle of Nations (CL)

Ramona

The Window

Cloud Chamber

Yellow Raft in Blue Water (SparkNotes Literature Guide)

The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the Pleasures of Reading

Sees Behind Trees

Kinaaldá : a Navajo girl grows up : A Navajo Girl Grows Up (We Are Still Here : Native Americans Today)

Grieving: A Love Story

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