James Welch (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Welch (writer)

Native American writer

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1940

Place of Birth: Browning, Montana, United States

Date of Death: 04-Aug-2003

Profession: writer, poet, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

James Phillip Welch Jr.
(November 18, 1940 – August 4, 2003), who grew up within the Blackfeet and A'aninin cultures of his parents, was a Native American novelist and poet, considered a founding author of the Native American Renaissance.
His novel Fools Crow (1986) received several national literary awards, and his debut novel Winter in the Blood (1974) was adapted as a film by the same name, released in 2013. In 1997 Welch received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas.