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Tomson Highway Personality Type
Tomson Highway is an INFJ and Enneagram Type 4w5.
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Tomson Highway
Tomson Highway, born on December 6, 1951, is a renowned Canadian playwright, novelist, and musician. Hailing from the Cree Nation of Northern Manitoba, Highway has become a significant figure in the Canadian arts scene, known for his contributions to Indigenous culture and his immense talent in various artistic mediums. His work often explores themes of Indigenous identity, spirituality, and the effects of colonization on Indigenous communities. From his early childhood in a remote community to his international success, Highway's journey has been one of resilience, creativity, and a commitment to showcasing the rich and diverse experiences of Indigenous peoples.
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Tomson Highway
Playwright and novelist, born in 1951 in northern Manitoba, and one of the country's foremost voices in First Nations Theatre.
His mother, Pelagie, was a quilt-maker and bead-worker, who gave birth to twelve children (of whom only five survived). Tomson Highway helped his father, Joe, a caribou hunter and world champion dogsled racer, working from dawn to dusk before attending the Guy Hill Indian Residential School from the age of 6 to 15. The sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of the priests who ran the school impacted his life and art, and that of his brother, dancer/choreographer René (with whom Tomson often worked and who died of AIDS in 1990). He subsequently went to high school in Winnipeg, living with several different white families.
In 1975 Highway completed his studies in music at the University of Western Ontario. As part of his B.A. program, he took a minor in English and met James Reaney. For several years he worked for many Indigenous organizations as a social worker, travelling across the country and to learning about the pr
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Tomson Highway
Canadian playwright and novelist
Tomson Highway OC | |
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Highway in 2018 | |
| Born | (1951-12-06) 6 December 1951 (age 73) Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | Playwright, novelist, children's author, pianist |
| Language | English, Cree |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
| Notable works | The Rez Sisters, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, Kiss of the Fur Queen |
| Notable awards | Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Floyd S. Chalmers Award Winner of the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for Permanent Astonishment, a Memoir. The book chronicles the first 15 years of Highways life in the remote Subarctic. |
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Tomson HighwayOC (born 6 December 1951) is an Indigenous Canadianplaywright, novelist, children's author and musician. He is best known for his plays The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, both of which won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play and the Floyd S. Chalmers Award.[1]
Highway also published a novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen
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