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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 author of the plays The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, both of which won him the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Floyd S. Chalmers Award. The Rez Sisters became a smash hit across Canada and went on to the Edinburgh International Festival in 1988.
Highway has also published a novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998), which is based on the events that led to his brother René Highway’s death of AIDS.
He is the uncle of actor/playwight Billy Merasty. He was artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto. He obtained his B.A. in Music in 1975 and his B.A. in English in 1977, both from the University of Western Ontario. Highway holds three honarary degrees and in 1994 became a member of the Order of Canada.
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Teddy on Caribou Song by Tomson Highway & Brian Deines: "give your children a treat" http://bit.ly/5FPgVy #bookreview
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Teddy on Caribou Song by Tomson Highway & Brian Deines: "give your children a treat" http://bit.ly/5FPgVy #bookreview
Aboriginal People Profiles: Tomson Highway - Biography of the playwright.
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Aboriginal Planet: Tomson Highway's Baltic and Arctic Tour - Article on Highway's visit to the University of Helsinki. Includes pictures.
Ancestral Voices - Tomson Highway - Biography from the Scarborough Philharmonic.
Canadian Writers: Tomson Highway - Biography, photo, and links.
My Canada by Tomson Highway - The playwright explains why Canada is the best place in the world to live.
National Aboriginal Achievement Awards: Tomson Highway - Profile of the playwright.
Playwright Tomson Highway Will View Reading of His New Play - Article from the Cornell Chronicle.
Tomson Highway on Campus to Talk About Racism, Mythologies - Article from the University of Regina Report.
Writers Union of Canada: Tomson Highway - Profile, selected publications, and awards.
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