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Tomson Highway, CM (born December 5, 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 hit across Canada and went on to the Edinburgh International Festival in 1988. Both of these plays focus on the native community on a reserve on Manitoulin Island, with The Rez Sisters depicting (in a somewhat abstract style) the women of the community planning a trip to the biggest bingo game ever, in Toronto; while Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing depicts (in a more abstract style) the men's interest in hockey. Rose, written in 2000, is the third play in the trilogy.

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 also has the distinction of being the librettist of the first Cree language opera, The Journey or Pimooteewin.

He is related to actor/playwight Billy Merasty. He was artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto as well as De-ba-jeh-mu-jig theatre group in Wikwemikong. 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 honorary degrees and in 1994 became a member of the Order of Canada.

In 2000, Maclean's named him as one of the 100 most important people in Canadian history. Cree is his first language.

In 2001, he received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the field of arts and culture.

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Total Books: 26
Laughing with the Trickster On Sex Death and Accordions
2022 - Laughing with the Trickster on Sex Death and Accordions [The CBC Massey Lectures] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781487011239
ISBN-10: 1487011237
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics & Social Sciences
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Permanent Astonishment Growing Up Cree in the Land of Snow and Sky
2022 - Permanent Astonishment Growing Up Cree in the Land of Snow and Sky (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780385696227
ISBN-10: 0385696221
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Pour l'amour du multilinguisme  Une histoire d'une monstrue
2021 - Pour L'amour Du Multilinguisme Une Histoire D'une Monstrue (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782897126179
ISBN-10: 2897126175
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Caribou Song
2017 - Caribou Song (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781927083499
ISBN-10: 1927083494
Genre: Children's Books
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Dragonfly Kites
2016 - Dragonfly Kites (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781897252635
ISBN-10: 1897252633
Genres: Children's Books, Reference
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A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance Imagining Multilingualism
2015 - A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance Imagining Multilingualism (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781772120417
ISBN-10: 1772120413
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Reference
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The  Mistress
2013 - The Mistress [Post] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780889227804
ISBN-10: 0889227802
Genres: Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction, Politics & Social Sciences
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Fox on the Ice
2011 - Fox on the Ice (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781897252659
ISBN-10: 189725265X
Genre: Children's Books
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Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
2010 - Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781897252833
ISBN-10: 1897252838
Genres: Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction
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Iskooniguni Iskweeweuk The Rez Sisters in Its' Original Version Cree
2010 - Iskooniguni Iskweeweuk the Rez Sisters in Its' Original Version Cree (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781897252529
ISBN-10: 1897252528
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Kiss of the Fur Queen
2008 - Kiss of the Fur Queen [American Indian Literature An Critical Studies] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780806139333
ISBN-10: 0806139331
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout
2005 - Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780889225251
ISBN-10: 0889225257
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Comparing Mythologies
2003 - Comparing Mythologies [Charles R. Bronfman Lecture in Canadian Studies] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780776605678
ISBN-10: 0776605674
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
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Rose
2003 - Rose (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780889224902
ISBN-10: 0889224900
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Rez Sisters A Play in Two Acts
1992 - The Rez Sisters a Play in Two Acts (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780920079447
ISBN-10: 092007944X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Fox on the Ice Mahkesis Miskwamihk ECipatapit
Fox on the Ice Mahkesis Miskwamihk Ecipatapit (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780002255325
ISBN-10: 0002255324
Genre: Children's Books
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Permanent Astonishment A Memoir
Permanent Astonishment a Memoir (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780385696203
ISBN-10: 0385696205
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Champion et Ooneemeetoo
Champion Et Ooneemeetoo (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782894231661
ISBN-10: 2894231660
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