Tony Hillerman

American writer (1925–2008)

Person Human Q181920

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[27]
Date of birth: May 27, 1925
Date of death: October 26, 2008
Place of birth: Pottawatomie County, Sacred Heart^[8]
Place of death: Albuquerque
Country of citizenship: United States^[11]
Occupation: writer, novelist, screenwriter
Employer: University of New Mexico^[13]
Educated at: University of Oklahoma^[14]
Award received: Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Edgar Awards, Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, Anthony Award for Best Novel, Macavity Awards, Nero Award, The Grand Master, Wikidata item, Anthony Award, Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]
Child: Anne Hillerman^[10]
Official website: ehillerman.unm.edu^[33]
Cause of death: respiratory failure^[29]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[35]
Family name: Hillerman^[31]
Given name: Anthony^[32]
Manner of death: natural causes^[34]
Military branch: United States Army^[28]
Native language: English^[12]
Participated in conflict: World War II^[30]
Place of burial: Santa Fe National Cemetery^[9]

🏷️ Also known as

en Anthony Grove Hillerman en Tony Hillerman cs Anthony Grove Hillerman de Anthony Grove Hillerman es Anthony Grove Hillerman ja トニイ・ヒラーマン ko 앤서니 그로브 힐러먼 ko 토니 힐러먼 pt Anthony Grove Hillerman ru Тони Хиллермэн uk Гіллерман Тоні uk Тоні Гіллерман

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VIAF cluster ID: 95188838
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n50035187
GND ID: 119013924
AllMovie person ID: p285062
Awards & Winners artist ID: 01r12j
BD Gest' author ID: 9642
BIBSYS ID: 90077584
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): HillermanTony
Babelio author ID: 2913
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119075316
BookBrainz author ID: aeb397d9-10d9-4141-9291-84a23511b101

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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: hillerman-tony
CBDB.cz author ID: 20267
CONOR.BG ID: 18962021
CONOR.SI ID: 64198755
CiNii Research ID: 1140000791858262656
Cyprus University of Technology ID: 96559
DBC author ID: 87097968435056
DDB person (GND) ID: 119013924
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 2834
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119013924
Discogs artist ID: 5267500
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Tony-Hillerman
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: tony-hillerman
Europeana entity: agent/base/63033
FAST ID: 11956
FamilySearch person ID: LHNN-HYZ
Fandango person ID: 294615
Fantastic Fiction author ID: h/tony-hillerman
Film.ru person ID: toni-hillermen
Find a Grave memorial ID: 30905532
Freebase ID: /m/01r12j
Geni profile ID: 6000000026564803399
Goodreads author ID: 26917
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Tony_Hillerman
HAND ID: 1C9D-E348-233B-D1F2-718B
Harper's tag: tony-hillerman
IMDb ID: nm0384917
ISFDB author ID: 33824
IdRef ID: 026922290
IxTheo authority ID: 079799833
J9U entity ID: 987007271641605171
KBR person ID: 14346052
Kinobox person ID: 868153
Krugosvet article (archived): kultura_i_obrazovanie/literatura/HILLERMEN_TONI.html
Libraries Australia ID: 35195473
Los Angeles Review of Books author ID: tony-hillerman
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA05557256
NDL Authority ID: 00443354
NE.se ID: tony-hillerman
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2002173923
NLA Trove people ID: 860346
NLP ID: a0000001267874
NNDB people ID: 379/000026301
NUKAT ID: n97010725
National Library of Brazil ID: 000565320
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000408457
National Library of Korea ID: KAC199612397
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810660775305606
National Library of Portugal ID: 43289
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1121206
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 074761684
NooSFere author ID: -46032
Open Library ID: OL31195A
Perlentaucher ID: tony-hillerman
Prabook ID: 1669767
RERO ID (legacy): A003372175
SBN author ID: CFIV107693
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 606932
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TMDB person ID: 939597
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID: 5715
Unz Review author ID: HillermanTony
WikiTree person ID: Hillerman-3
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmtxb8xt8W7xFY9Pm7WDq
Yale LUX ID: person/c43e4508-ed91-45b3-be2d-bef1b76ded4a
Étonnants voyageurs participant ID: 1217
ČSFD person ID: 693208

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🔗 Connections

Award received 8

Purple Heart, Edgar Awards, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, Anthony Award, Macavity Awards, Nero Award

Occupation 3

writer, screenwriter, novelist

Cause of death 1

respiratory failure

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of Oklahoma

Employer 1

University of New Mexico

Films written 1

The Dark Wind

Given name 1

Anthony

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Military branch 1

United States Army

Native language 1

English

Participated in conflict 1

World War II

Place of birth 1

Pottawatomie County

Place of death 1

Albuquerque

Sex or gender 1

male

← After a work by 1

Dark Winds

← Winner 1

Nero Award

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Summary

Tony Hillerman was born on May 27, 1925^[1], in Pottawatomie County^[2]. He died on October 26, 2008^[3], in Albuquerque^[4]. He worked as a writer^[5], novelist^[6], and screenwriter^[7].

FAQs

Where was Tony Hillerman born?

Tony Hillerman's place of birth was Pottawatomie County^[2].

Where did Tony Hillerman die?

Tony Hillerman passed away in Albuquerque^[4].

What did Tony Hillerman do for work?

Tony Hillerman worked as a writer^[5], novelist^[6], and screenwriter^[7].

Where did Tony Hillerman go to school?

Tony Hillerman was educated at University of Oklahoma^[14].

What awards did Tony Hillerman receive?

Honors received include Purple Heart^[15], Silver Star^[16], Bronze Star Medal^[17], and Edgar Awards^[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Tony Hillerman — place of birth (P19): Pottawatomie County. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Tony Hillerman — place of birth (P19): Sacred Heart. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-18. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Tony Hillerman — place of death (P20): Albuquerque. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-18. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Tony Hillerman — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Tony Hillerman — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Tony Hillerman — child (P40): Anne Hillerman. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Tony Hillerman — educated at (P69): University of Oklahoma. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Tony Hillerman — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Tony Hillerman — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Tony Hillerman — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Tony Hillerman — occupation (P106): screenwriter. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Tony Hillerman — employer (P108): University of New Mexico. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Tony Hillerman — place of burial (P119): Santa Fe National Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Purple Heart. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Silver Star. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Bronze Star Medal. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Edgar Awards. edgarawards.com. edgarawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. babelio.com. babelio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Anthony Award for Best Novel. bouchercon.com. Retrieved 2025-01-20. bouchercon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Macavity Awards. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Nero Award. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): The Grand Master. edgarawards.com. edgarawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Q131138036. Les Échos. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Anthony Award. bouchercon.com. bouchercon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Tony Hillerman — award received (P166): Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Tony Hillerman — military branch (P241): United States Army. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Tony Hillerman — cause of death (P509): respiratory failure. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Tony Hillerman — date of birth (P569): May 27, 1925. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Tony Hillerman — date of death (P570): October 26, 2008. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Tony Hillerman — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Tony Hillerman — family name (P734): Hillerman. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Tony Hillerman — given name (P735): Anthony. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Tony Hillerman — official website (P856): https://ehillerman.unm.edu. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Tony Hillerman — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Tony Hillerman — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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24d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of birth → Pottawatomie County, Sacred Heart

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Harper's tag → tony-hillerman

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Place of birth → Pottawatomie County, Sacred Heart

Educated at → University of Oklahoma

Cause of death → respiratory failure

Family name → Hillerman

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