Armand Garnet Ruffo
Armand Garnet Ruffo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) Chapleau, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Windsor University of Ottawa |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Carleton University |
Armand Garnet Ruffo (born in Chapleau, Ontario) is a Canadian scholar, filmmaker, writer and poet of Anishinaabe-Ojibwe ancestry.[1] He is a member of the Chapleau (Fox Lake) Cree First Nation.
Life
Since receiving degrees from York University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Windsor, he has worked primarily as a scholar, teacher and writer. His scholarly and creative writing has appeared in numerous literary anthologies and journals.
In the past, Ruffo has taught creative writing at the Banff Centre for the Arts, in addition to Indigenous literature, at the En'owkin International School of Writing in Penticton, B.C., and at Carleton University in Ottawa. He currently resides in Kingston, Ontario, and teaches at Queen's University[2] where he is the Queen's National Scholar in Indigenous Literature.
In 2014, Ruffo was awarded the Archibald Lampman Award for his poetry and was later nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2015.[3] In 2017, Ruffo was awarded the Mayor's Arts Award by the City of Kingston for his publications.[4]
His newest poetry book, TREATY#, was published in March 2019.[5] Ruffo was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry.[6]
In 2020 he was named the winner of the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize.
References
- ^ Queen's
- ^ Queen's
- ^ "MEET THE SHORTLIST: RAOUL FERNANDES & ARMAND GARNET RUFFO". poets.ca. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ "Armand Garnet Ruffo wins inaugural Mayor's Arts Award". harbourpublishing.com. December 6, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ "20 works of Canadian poetry to check out in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Queen's prof nominated for Governor General's Award". The Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- Canadian male poets
- University of Windsor alumni
- University of Ottawa alumni
- Carleton University faculty
- People from Chapleau, Ontario
- Writers from Ontario
- First Nations poets
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 20th-century First Nations writers
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- 21st-century First Nations writers
- 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
- First Nations dramatists and playwrights
- First Nations academics