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Tomson Highway, CM (born December 6, 1951) is a Cree playwright, novelist, and children's author from Brochet, Manitoba. He is the celebrated creator of the plays A Rez Sisters & Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, two of which won him a Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Floyd S. Chalmers Award. A Rez Sisters became the blockbuster through Canada and went on to the Edinburgh International Festival in 1988. Main road has as well published the novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998), which is according to a cases that led to his brother René Highway’s death of AIDS. He is the first cousin of actor/playwight Billy Merasty. He was artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto. He found his B.The. within Music in 1975 and his B.A. around English in 1977, both from either a University of Western Ontario. Maaround road holds triplet honarary degrees & in 1994 became a member of the Order of Canada. Within 2000, ''Maclean's named him one of the 100 most important people in Canadian history. Cree is his first language.
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Writers Union of Canada: Tomson Highway Profile, selected publications, and awards. Playwright Tomson Highway Will View Reading of His New Play Article from the Cornell Chronicle. Aboriginal Planet: Tomson Highway's Baltic and Arctic Tour Article on Highway's visit to the University of Helsinki. Includes pictures. National Aboriginal Achievement Awards: Tomson Highway Profile of the playwright. Ancestral Voices - Tomson Highway Biography from the Scarborough Philharmonic. Tomson Highway on Campus to Talk About Racism, Mythologies Article from the University of Regina Report. Life and Times: Tomson Highway Synopsis of the CBC episode featuring the playwright. My Canada by Tomson Highway The playwright explains why Canada is the best place in the world to live. Aboriginal People Profiles: Tomson Highway Biography of the playwright. Canadian Writers: Tomson Highway Biography, photo, and links. |
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