Lafarge, Oliver, 1901-1963

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Summary: Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southwest. In addition to more than 15 scholarly works, mostly about Native Americans, he wrote several novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Laughing Boy (1929). La Farge also wrote and published short stories, in magazines such as The New Yorker and Esquire. Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [6]
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4][5][6]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1901-12-19 [2]
Birth Place: New York, NY [2]; New York City [6]
Died: 1963-08-02 [2]
Death Place: Santa Fe, N. Mex. [3]; Albuquerque [6]; Santa Fe [6]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [6]; novelist [6]; writer [6]; screenwriter [6]; journalist [6]; archaeologist [6]
Educated at: Harvard University [6]
Country of Education: United States [6]
Archives at: Harry Ransom Center [6]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Danish Bibliographic Centre; 6. Wikidata

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