Markoosie Patsauq
He is best known for "Harpoon of the Hunter" ( ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᐅᑉ ᓇᐅᒃᑯᑎᖓ ) , the first published Inuktitut language novel; the novel was written later , but published earlier ( 1970 ) , than Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk's "Sanaaq" . 
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