Tomson Highway

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tomson Highway
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1951(1951-12-06)
Age	73
Birthplace	Brochet
Country	Canada
Birth City	Manitoba
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Tomson Highway Biography

Tomson Highway is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on December 6, 1951 in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada. The winner of the famous Floyd S. Chalmers and Dora Mavor Moore literary awards The Cree- Canadian writer perhaps best known for his play Dry Lips Oughta Go into Kapuskasing (1989) as well as The Rez Sisters (1986).

He as well as his Canadian counterpart film actor He and his Canadian contemporary, screen actor Gordon Tootoosis, both grew up in Cree families. both were born into Cree families.

Tomson Highway, CM (born 6 December 1951) is an Indigenous Canadian playwright, novelist, and children’s author. He is best known for his 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.

He obtained his B.A. in Honours Music in 1975 and his B.A. in English in 1976, both from the University of Western Ontario. While working on his degree, he met playwright James Reaney. For seven years, Highway worked as a social worker on reserves across Canada, and was involved in creating and organizing several indigenous music and arts festivals. Subsequently, he turned the knowledge and experience gained by working in these places into novels and plays that have won him widespread recognition across Canada and around the world.

Tragically the younger brother of his, an actor and dancer Rene Highway, died of AIDS in the year 1990. He was a native of Brochet, Manitoba, Tomson Highway later lived across Ontario as well as France with his long-time companion, Raymond Lalonde.

Tomson Highway Net Worth

Tomson Highway is one of the richest Novelist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tomson Highway 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After obtaining Bachelor’s degree with bachelor’s degrees in English and Music at the University of Western Ontario, the social worker was hired in the Native Canadian reservations, an experience that would influence many of his works of literature.

He wrote a novel in 1998 called Kiss of the Fur Queen and also wrote Dragonfly Kites, Caribou Song and other well-known children’s novels. He was the 2001 winner of an award called the National Aboriginal Achievement Award.

Tomson Highway was born north of Brochet, Manitoba in 1951 to Pelagie Highway, a bead-worker and quilt-maker, and Joe Highway, a caribou hunter and champion dogsled racer. Cree is his first language. He is related to actor/playwright Billy Merasty.When he was six, he was taken from his family and sent to Guy Hill Indian Residential School, returning home only during the summer months until he was fifteen.

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Who is Tomson Highway Dating?

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After a hiatus from playwriting, Highway wrote Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout in 2005. Set in 1910, the play revolves around the visit of the “Big Kahoona of Canada” (then Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier) to the Thompson River Valley.

Facts & Trivia

Tomson Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Tomson Highway celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.

In 2010, Highway re-published The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing in Cree. Highway stated that “the Cree versions […] are actually the original versions. As it turns out, the original ones that came out 20 years ago were the translation.”

Top Facts about Tomson Highway

1. Tomson Highway is a Canadian playwright and novelist.
2. He was born on December 6, 1951 in Manitoba, Canada.
3. Highway is of Cree descent and grew up on a remote reserve.
4. His most famous play is “The Rez Sisters” (1986).
5. He has won numerous awards for his work including the Order of Canada.
6. Highway also works as a musician and composer.
7. He has written several novels including “Kiss of the Fur Queen”.
8. Highway advocates for Indigenous rights and cultural preservation.
9. He holds an honorary doctorate from several universities.
10. In addition to English, he speaks Cree fluently.

Who is Tomson Highway's partner?

Highway divides his time between residences in Noelville, Ontario and in France with Raymond Lalonde , his partner of 29 years.

Why is Tomson Highway important?

Highway is one of the most prominent and influential Indigenous writers in Canada. His works discuss and explore important issues affecting First Nations people, including residential schools, reserve life, Indigenous identity and more.

Where did Tomson Highway learn piano?

He describes it as “a laughing language” capable of providing the “most pleasurable sensations.” Highway started learning English and piano at a residential school , which he attended for nine years before deciding to enrol in high school in Winnipeg.

How old is Tomson Highway?

70 years (December 6, 1951)

Where does Tomson Highway live now?

Today (as for the past eleven years), he divides his year equally between, in summer, a cottage on a lake in the heart of Ojibway (and French) Ontario just south of Sudbury (from whence hails his partner of 29 years) and, in winter, Gatineau Québec.