Leslie Marmon Silko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Leslie Marmon Silko

American writer

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1948

Place of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Profession: writer, poet, novelist, essayist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon; born March 5, 1948) is an American writer.
A Laguna Pueblo Indian woman, she is one of the key figures in the First Wave of what literary critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. Silko was a debut recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant in 1981 and the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.
She currently resides in Tucson, Arizona.