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Biography of Joy Harjo
| Date of Birth: | 1951, May 9 |
|---|---|
| Get older: | 70 years |
| Birth Birth: | United States of America |
| Name | Joy Harjo |
| birth name | joy foster |
| Dad | Allen W. Foster |
| Breast | Wynema Baker Foster |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth/City | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Profession | Poet, Musician, Playwright, Author |
| Kids | two |
| Education | University of New Mexico, University of Iowa |
| Awards | Ruth Lilly Poetry Award |
| Music Group | Joy Harjo and poetic justice |
| Books | I give you back, When the world ended as we knew it, The last song, Puerto del Sol, What moon led me to this?, Remember, Secrets of the center of the world, In Locos de amor y guerra, A map of the Next World |
| albums | Late 20th Century Letter, True Native Joy, She Had Some Horses, Winding Through the Milky Way, Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears |
Alegría Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author currently serving her third term as United States Poet Laureate.
How old is Joy Harjo? Who are her parents?
Joy Harjo Joy Foster was born on May 9, 1951, the eldest of four children to father Allen W. Foster , of Muskogee descent, and mother Wynema Baker Foster , of Cherokee, French, and Irish descent. The now 69-year-old adopted the surname ‘Harjo’ upon becoming a member of the Muscogee Nation.
He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts and was a pre-med student at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He changed his major to art in his sophomore year and to creative writing in his senior year, earning his Bachelor of Arts in 1976. He earned his Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa in 1978.
What is Joy Harjo known for?
Joy Harjo had been fascinated with the culture of her ancestors, the Native American culture, since she was a child. He has published more than a dozen collections of poems, including I give you back, When the world ended as we knew it, The last song, Puerto del Sol, What moon led me to this?, Remember, Secrets from the center of the world, In Fools in Love and War , and A Map for the Next World .
Joy Harjo with her 2019 best-selling book, An American Sunrise SOURCE: Bennington College
In addition, he has also dabbled in non-fiction writing such as 2011’s Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo, and his 2012 memoir Crazy Brave: A Memoir, as well as two children’s books, namely 2000’s The Cat . of good luck and 2009 For a girl who becomes .
As a musician, Joy has released five solo studio albums and one studio album with her band, Joy Harjo and Poetic Justice . He was also part of the music group, Dinámica de flecha .
On top of that, Harjo is also an educator and has taught at institutions like the Institute of American Indian Arts, Arizona State University, the University of Colorado, the University of Arizona, and the University of New Mexico. He has been a member of the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2013 and since 2016, he has served in the Department of English at the University of Tennessee.
Joy Harjo plays saxophone for Poetic Justice SOURCE: National Endowment for the Arts
Since 2019, Harjo has served as United States Poet Laureate, only the second poet in history to serve three terms. She is also the first Native American poet to receive that honor.
Is Joy Harjo married? She has children?
Joy Harjo is the mother of two children: son Phil Dayn and daughter Rainy Dawn . Rainy Dawn’s father is Native American poet Simón Ortiz , of the Acoma Pueblo tribe.
How much is Joy Harjo worth in 2021?
While her exact net worth has yet to be determined, some sources claim that Joy Harjo has an estimated net worth of up to $1 million as of March 2021.