Janet Campbell Hale, Date of Birth

Janet Campbell Hale

Native American writer

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1946

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Janet Campbell Hale (born January 11, 1946, Riverside, California) is a Native American writer.
Her father was a full-blood Coeur d'Alene, and her mother was of Kootenay, Cree and Irish descent.In a sparse style that has been compared to Hemingway, Hale's work often explores issues of Native American identity and discusses poverty, abuse, and the condition of women in society.
She wrote Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter (1993), which includes a discussion of the Native American experience as well as stories from her own life.
She also wrote The Owl's Song (1974), The Jailing of Cecelia Capture (which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1985), Women on the Run (1999), and Custer Lives in Humboldt County & Other Poems (1978).Janet Campbell Hale has taught at Northwest Indian College, Iowa State University, College of Illinois, and University of California at Santa Cruz, and has served as resident writer at University of Oregon and University of Washington.
Hale currently lives on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in De Smet, Idaho.