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Comparison Of Simon Ortiz's Life And Career
Simon Ortiz’s Life and Career Jeremy Dan 3/3/16
The poetry of Simon Ortiz, which was influenced by his personal background and by the Native American literary period, he has contributed to the American Literary Heritage. Simon Ortiz was born on May 27, 1941. Simon Ortiz is a poet because he wrote many different types of poetry, he wrote 17 books. He went to an indian school in Albuquerque and he wasn’t supposed to speak Keres. He just conflicted the English language. He was divorced with girls and he has gotten a master’s degree from college and there was extensive civilization with different poet writers and he was one of them.
Ortiz’s important books are “Woven Stone”

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