Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. is an American poet, writer, and filmmaker. His father held various jobs, including truck driver and logger and his mother was a social worker. Sherman Alexie Biography. —Booklist (Starred Review) Courageous, anguished, grateful, and hilarious, this is an enlightening and resounding eulogy and self-portrait...all will be reaching for this confiding and concussive memoir." The son of a Spokane Indian mother and a Coeur d'Alene Indian father, Alexie first found his voice as a poet. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American with ancestry of several … [55] Alexie was born on October 7, 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington, to Sherman Joseph Alexie and Lillian Agnes Cox. The author, Alexie, himself is of the Spokane heritage, and as a result, he uses his own background and personal experiences to write this specific novel in a semi-autobiographical format.
His work primarily focuses on contemporary Native American identity. Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. https://malkiawilliams3.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/5-interesting- Sherman Alexie's inventive, realistic, and often humorous writing evokes contemporary American Indian life. His debut The Business of Fancydancing (1991) … Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian born and raised in the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. Sherman Alexie read John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath at the age of five, despite the fact that doctors predicted he would be mentally challenged. Sherman Alexie's novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, is a multicultural text that many English teachers use in order to educate their students about the Native American heritage. "Alexie is a consummate, unnerving and funny storyteller...pouring himself into every molten word. Sherman Alexie is an award-winning author, poet, and filmmaker.