Marcie Rendon (born 1952)[2] is a Native American playwright, poet, author, and community arts activist based in Minneapolis. She is an enrolled member of the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
Marcie Rendon | |
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 Marcie Rendon at the 2022 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Occupation | playwright, poet, writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe |
| Alma mater | Moorhead State University (BA) Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (MA) |
| Genre | Juvenile nonfiction, crime fiction |
| Notable awards | McKnight Foundation's Distinguished Artist Award (2020)[1] |
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Rendon founded Raving Native Productions theater.[3] Along with various plays, screenplays, poems and short stories,[2] she has written two nonfiction books for children,[2] and three crime fiction novels. Her first novel Murder on the Red River won the 2018 Pinckley Prize for Debut Crime Fiction.[4] Her second novel Girl Gone Missing was shortlisted for the 2020 G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award.[5] Her most successful theatre work to date is "Free Frybread Telethon", a play which satirizes the American prison system and its treatment of Native Americans.[3]
Education
editRendon graduated with a BA in Criminal Justice and a BA in Indian Studies from Moorhead State University in 1975. In 1991 she graduated with a MA in Human Development from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota of Winona in Minneapolis.[2]
Career
editRendon applied to the Loft Inroads program where she met Anishinabe writer[6] Jim Northrup who became her mentor.[2] She founded Raving Native Productions in 1996.[3] Rendon was chosen as the first Native American woman to receive the McKnight Foundation's 2020 Distinguished Artist Award.[1] In June 2019, Rendon was featured in the Visual Collaborative Polaris catalogue, under the Voyager series for humanities, she was interviewed alongside 25 people from around the world such as; Seun Kuti, Berla Mundi and Aya Chebbi.[7][8][9]
Awards and honors
edit- 2018: Pinckley Prize for Debut Crime Fiction (Murder on the Red River)[4]
- 2002: Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Award (Farmer's Market)[2]
- 2002: WLA Children's Book Award (Farmer's Market)[10]
- 1997: Nomination for Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Sciences (Pow Wow Summer)[2]
- 2020: McKnight Foundation's Distinguished Artist Award[1]
- 2020: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Adler University[11]
Works
editChildren's nonfiction
edit- Powwow Summer: A Family Celebrates the Circle of Life (1996, Carolrhoda Books)[12]
- Farmer's Market: Families Working Together (2001, Carolrhoda Books)[13]
Crime fiction
edit- Murder on the Red River (2017, Cinco Puntos Press,[14] republished by Soho Press in 2022[15])
- Girl Gone Missing (2019, Cinco Puntos Press,[16] republished by Soho Press in 2022[17])
- Sinister Graves (October 2022, Soho Press)[18]
Short Stories
edit- "Wingless" in Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (September, 19th, 2023)[19]
References
edit- ^ a b c "McKnight Foundation names Ojibwe author Marcie Rendon Distinguished Artist of the year". MPR News. 23 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Steeves, Carolyn. "Marcie Rendon" (PDF). Voices from the Gaps, University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Hobbes, Dwight (18 February 2009). "MN VOICES | Marcie Rendon". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ a b "Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction | Past Winners". pinckleyprizes.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ "Edgar Award Nominees". www.theedgars.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ "Marcie Rendon (Authors) - Strong Nations". www.strongnations.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ "Marcie Rendon Interview by Visual Collaborative". Visual Collaborative. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "U.S based Festival Platform Visual Collaborative features Seun Kuti & Other Africans". BellaNaija. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Seun Kuti, Chris Uwaje, Others to be featured on Visual Collaborative". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Wisconsin Library Association - Outstanding Book Awards". wla.wisconsinlibraries.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ "Author and Arts Activist to Address 2020 Graduates in Virtual Ceremony". Adler University. 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ Rendon, Marcie R; Bellville, Cheryl Walsh (1996). Powwow summer: a family celebrates the circle of life. Minneapolis, Minn.: Carolrhoda Books. ISBN 978-0-585-34120-0. OCLC 47011928.
- ^ Rendon, Marcie R; Bellville, Cheryl Walsh (2001). Farmer's market: families working together. Carolrhoda Books. ISBN 978-1-57505-462-9. OCLC 44117885.
- ^ Rendon, Marcie R (2017). Murder on the Red River. Cinco Puntos Press. ISBN 978-1-941026-52-6. OCLC 945948756.
- ^ "Murder on the Red River". Soho Press. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ Rendon, Marcie R; Rendon, Marcie R (2019). Girl gone missing. Cinco Puntos Press. ISBN 978-1-947627-11-6. OCLC 1055914927.
- ^ "Girl Gone Missing". Soho Press. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ "Sinister Graves". Soho Press. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ "Never Whistle at Night: 9780593468463 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.