Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2013) Winner
Richard Wagamese
リチャード・ワガメシ
Richādo Wagamese
Aliases:
Mushkotay Beezheekee Anakwat / Buffalo Cloud
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955-10-14 （Minaki, Ontario）
- Died
- 2017-03-10 （Kamloops, British Columbia） age 61
- Nationality
- Canadian, Ojibwe
- Languages
- Ojibway, English
- Religion
- Presbyterian
- Residence History
- Northwestern Ontario → Kamloops, British Columbia
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, television writer, journalist
- Active Years
- 1979-2017
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature | Indian Horse | — | Burt Award Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Molson Prize | — | — | Canada Council for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Matt Cohen Award | — | — | Writers' Trust of Canada | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award | Embers | — | — | 受賞 |
Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature
2013
Work:
Indian Horse
Organization:
Burt Award Foundation
Result:
受賞
Molson Prize
2013
Organization:
Canada Council for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Matt Cohen Award
2015
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
受賞
Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award
2017
Work:
Embers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Indian Horse
2012 First Nations literatureA novel about an Ojibwe boy in Canada navigating abuse at residential school and his love for hockey.
Indigenous cultureResidential schoolsIdentityHealing
Adaptations
- [Film] Indian Horse / Stephen Campanelli (2017)
Bibliography
- Keeper'n Me (1994)
- The Terrible Summer (1996)
- A Quality of Light (1997)
- For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son (2003)
- Dream Wheels (2007)
- One Native Life (2008)
- Ragged Company (2009)
- One Story, One Song (2011)
- The Next Sure Thing (2011)
- Runaway Dreams (2011)
- Indian Horse (2012)
- Him Standing (2013)
- Medicine Walk (2014)
- Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations (2016)
- Starlight (2018)
- One Drum (2019)
- Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes from Spirit (2021)
Adaptations
- Indian Horse (film, 2017)
- Ragged Company (film in development, announced 2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- PoeticNarrative-drivenInfluenced by oral tradition
- Recurring Motifs
- HealingIndigenous identityNatureSpirituality
Health
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Alcoholism青年期Led to homelessness and imprisonment
Legacy
One of Canada's most prolific Indigenous authors, known for works exploring residential school impacts.
In Popular Culture
- Indian Horse adapted into film
Quotes
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I did not speak my first Ojibwa word or set foot on my traditional territory until I was twenty-six.
Source: Interview
Trivia
- Adopted by Presbyterian family
- Had two sons, one estranged
- Honorary doctorate from Thompson Rivers University (2010)