Natalie Diaz
Natalie Diaz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mojave American poet, language activist, educator, and former professional basketball player. She is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe and identifies as Akimel O'odham. Known for her poetry collections 'Postcolonial Love Poem' and 'When My Brother Was an Aztec', she also serves as the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Chair in Modern and Contemporary Poetry at Arizona State University and directs the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands. Additionally, there is a different author named Natalie Diaz who wrote the parenting guide 'What to Do When You're Having Two' (ISBN 9781583335154).
Awards
['Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2021)', 'American Book Award (2013)', 'MacArthur Fellowship (2018)', 'Lannan Literary Fellowship', 'Princeton Holmes National Poetry Prize']
Notable Works
['Postcolonial Love Poem', 'When My Brother Was an Aztec', "What to Do When You're Having Two"]
