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In the Pulitzer-winning novel 'The Night Watchman,' who is the titular character?

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In the Pulitzer-winning novel ‘The Night Watchman,’ who is the titular character?

The Pulitzer-winning historical novel “The Night Watchman” follows a native American tribal chairman who is on a mission to defeat a congressional bill to terminate the tribe. Author Louise Erdrich said its inspiration was her maternal grandfather’s life._x000D_

Pulitzer News Fact:

_x000D_Pulitzer Prizes for best work in journalism and the arts in 2020 were handed Friday, June 11, 2021. Marcia Chatelain’s  “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America” won for history, “The Night Watchman,” by Louise Erdrich, won for fiction, “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X,” by Les Payne and Tamara Payne, won for biography, and “Postcolonial Love Poem,” by Natalie Diaz, took the Pulitzer for poetry. See the complete Pulitzer prize winner list.

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