Wagamese, Richard: - Richard Wagamese (1955-2017), an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, was recognized as one of Canada\'s foremost writers.
In total, he authored sixteen books including Indian Horse (Douglas & McIntyre, 2012), the 2013 People\'s Choice winner in CBC\'s Canada Reads competition and the winner of the 2013 CODE Burt Award
Embers (Douglas & McIntyre, 2016), winner of the Bill Duthie Booksellers\' Choice Award; and One Drum , which was published posthumously in 2019..
His writing accolades included the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness, the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, a Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize and the Matt Cohen Award.
Wagamese, Richard: - Richard Wagamese (1955-2017), an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, was recognized as one of Canada\'s foremost writers
