Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge
| Oliver La Farge | |
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| Born | Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge December 19, 1901 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 1963 (aged 61) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, anthropologist |
| Nationality | American |
Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge (December 19, 1901 – August 2, 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southwest. In addition to more than 15 scholarly works, mostly on Native Americans, he wrote several novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Laughing Boy (1929). In addition, La Farge's short stories were published in The New Yorker and Esquire magazines. His more notable works, both fiction and non-fiction, focus on Native American culture. He spent much of his adult life championing American Indian rights. He was president of the Association on American Indian Affairs for several years.
Oliver La Farge was born in New York City but grew up in Newport, Rhode Island. He was the son of Christopher Grant La Farge, a noted Beaux-Arts architect, and Florence Bayard Lockwood. La Farge and his paternal uncle, architect Oliver H.P. La Farge, were both named for a great-great-grandfather, Oliver Hazard Perry.
La Farge received both his Bachelor of Arts degree (1924) and his master's degree (1929) from Harvard University.
La Farge worked as a writer and an anthropologist. In 1925, he traveled with the Danish archeologist Frans Blom, who taught at Tulane University, to what is now known as the Olmec heartland. He (re)discovered San Martin Pajapan Monument 1 and, more importantly, the ruins of La Venta, one of the major Olmec centers.. While on scientific expeditions to Central America and the American Southwest, La Farge discovered two previously unknown languages: .
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