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Which award did Louise Erdrich almost win in 2009 for The Plague of Doves?

  • The Bram Stoker Award

  • The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature

  • The Booker Prize

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Louise Erdrich almost won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2009 for her novel The Plague of Doves. She was one of five finalists for the prize, but the award ultimately went to Michael Chabon for his novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Erdrich is a Native American author who has written extensively about Native American culture and history.
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