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Sherman Alexie is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 7 october 1966
Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a poet, writer, and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington.
Some of his best known works are The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993), a book of short stories, and Smoke Signals (1998), a film of his screenplay based on The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
His first novel, Reservation Blues, received one of the fifteen 1996 American Book Awards.
His first young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, is a semi-autobiographical novel that won the 2007 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Odyssey Award as best 2008 audiobook for young people (read by Alexie himself). His collection of short stories and poems, entitled War Dances, won the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Il s'est fait connaître pour son roman Indian Killer (1997), un drame contemporain sur la légende d'un tueur amérindien. Alexie y décrit la misère contemporaine de son peuple, le dénuement matériel et spirituel des jeunes Amérindiens et les ravages causés par l'alcool et la drogue.
Son roman autobiographique de littérature d'enfance et de jeunesse et intitulé Le Premier qui pleure a perdu (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian) remporte le National Book Award for Young People's Literature en 2007.
Quelques vers de son poème Tribal Ceremony sont cités dans le film Jimmy P. (Psychothérapie d'un Indien des Plaines) réalisé par Arnaud Desplechin en 2013.
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Sherman Alexie
Some of his best known works are The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993), a book of short stories, and Smoke Signals (1998), a film of his screenplay based on The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.
His first novel, Reservation Blues, received one of the fifteen 1996 American Book Awards.
His first young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, is a semi-autobiographical novel that won the 2007 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Odyssey Award as best 2008 audiobook for young people (read by Alexie himself). His collection of short stories and poems, entitled War Dances, won the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Biography
Amérindien né d'un père de la nation Cœur d'Alène et d'une mère de la nation Spokane, Sherman Alexie a grandi dans une réserve près de Seattle, dans l'État de Washington à l'Ouest des États-Unis. Il écrit aussi bien de la poésie que des romans, des nouvelles et même des scénarios. Son recueil de nouvelles Phoenix, Arizona a d'ailleurs été adapté au cinéma en 1998 sous le titre Le Secret des cendres (Smoke Signals) par le réalisateur Chris Eyre ; il s'agit du premier film réalisé, produit, écrit et interprété par des Amérindiens.Il s'est fait connaître pour son roman Indian Killer (1997), un drame contemporain sur la légende d'un tueur amérindien. Alexie y décrit la misère contemporaine de son peuple, le dénuement matériel et spirituel des jeunes Amérindiens et les ravages causés par l'alcool et la drogue.
Son roman autobiographique de littérature d'enfance et de jeunesse et intitulé Le Premier qui pleure a perdu (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian) remporte le National Book Award for Young People's Literature en 2007.
Quelques vers de son poème Tribal Ceremony sont cités dans le film Jimmy P. (Psychothérapie d'un Indien des Plaines) réalisé par Arnaud Desplechin en 2013.
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Filmography of Sherman Alexie (3 films)
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, 2hOrigin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about cities
Actors Sherman Alexie, Ryan Stiles
Rating79%
Director
The Business of Fancydancing (2002)
, 1h43Directed by Sherman Alexie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Evan Àdams, Cynthia Geary, Elaine Miles, Leo Rossi
Rating65%
Scriptwriter
The Business of Fancydancing (2002)
, 1h43Directed by Sherman Alexie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Evan Àdams, Cynthia Geary, Elaine Miles, Leo Rossi
Rating65%
Smoke Signals (1999)
, 1h29Directed by Chris Eyre
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Adam Beach, Evan Àdams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal, Simon Baker
Rating71%
Victor (Adam Beach) and Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams) live on the Coeur D'Alene Indian Reservation in Plummer, Idaho. Thomas is an eccentric storyteller and Victor is an angry young man who enjoys playing basketball.