Nagamoona – Un cabaret Cri / Songs in the key of Cree

Tomson Highway was born to a family of nomadic hunters and fishers on the Manitoba-Nunavut border and raised in two languages: Cree and Dene. After earning university degrees in music and literature, he spent seven years in the field of indigenous social work.

Today, he enjoys an international career as playwright, novelist, pianist and song writer. He is best known for The Rez Sisters, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, The (Post) Mistress, the best-selling novel Kiss of the Fur Queen, his memoir Permanent Astonishment and his children’s books, Caribou Song, Dragon Fly Kites and Fox on the Ice.

For many years, he was the artistic director of Toronto-based Native Earth Performing Arts, from which emerged a generation of playwrights and theatre artists. He has received many literary awards, eleven honorary doctorates and the Order of Canada.

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“Turns out the man is as ridiculously talented as a musician as he is a scribe.”

Karen Fricker, Toronto Star

“One of the 100 most important people in Canadian history.” 

Maclean’s Magazine, 2001