Novelist Tomson Highway

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Tomson Highway

Living place: Canada

Birthday: 6-12-1951 (73 years old)

Population of the world 1951: 2.593 billions

Global rank: #76601

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Who is Novelist Tomson Highway?
The recipient of the Floyd S. Chalmers and Dora Mavor Moore prestigious literary awards, this Cree-Canadian writer is perhaps best known for his plays Dry Lips Oughta Moving to Kapuskasing (1989) and The Rez Sisters (1986) )
. He wrote a 1998 novel titled Kiss of the Feather Queen and wrote Dragonfly Kite, Caribou Song, and each other's popular children's books. He is the 2001 recipient of an Aboriginal National Achievement Award.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After earning a bachelor's degree in English and music from the University of Western Ontario, he became a native Canadian reservation social worker, an experience that would inform much of his literary work.

Family life info

Tragically, his younger brother, actor and dancer René revealed, died of AIDS in 1990. A native of Brochet, Manitoba, Tomson revealed later shared homes in both Ontario and France with longtime partners. his, Raymond Lalonde.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Tomson Highway?
He and his contemporary, Canadian screen actor Gordon Tootoosis, both grew up in the Cree family.

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When was Novelist Tomson Highway born?
Tomson Highway birthday 6-12-1951 (at the age of 73).
Where is Novelist Tomson Highway's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Tomson Highway was born in . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Tomson Highway's global rank is 76601 and whose rank is 875 in list of famous Novelist. Population of the world in 1951 is about 2.593 billions persons.
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Events in 1951 and 6-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Tomson Highway

  • Seoul falls first to Communist forces (Jan. 4), then to US-led UN troops (Mar. 14). Despite peace talks in July and October, the Korean War continues.
  • Six nations agree to Schuman Plan to pool European coal and steel (March 19; in effect Feb. 10, 1953).
  • Japanese peace treaty signed in San Francisco by 49 nations (Sept. 8).
  • Libya gains independence from Italy (Dec. 24).

Birthday Tomson Highway (6-12) in history

  • Day 6-12 year 1884: Construction of the Washington Monument was completed.
  • Day 6-12 year 1889: Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans.
  • Day 6-12 year 1923: A presidential address was broadcast on the radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge spoke before Congress.
  • Day 6-12 year 1926: French impressionist painter Claude Monet died at age 86.
  • Day 6-12 year 1973: Gerald Ford was sworn in as vice president, replacing Spiro T. Agnew.
  • Day 6-12 year 1992: The destruction of a mosque in India by Hindu extremists set off two months of Muslim-Hindu fighting that claimed at least 2,000 lives.
  • Day 6-12 year 1998: Hugo Chavez elected president of Venezuela.
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