Ian Ross (playwright)

Ian Ross (playwright)

Ian Ross (born 1968 in McCreary, Manitoba) is a Métis playwright. He spent the first five years of his life in the Métis community of Kinosota before moving to Winnipeg. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in film and a minor in theatre from the University of Manitoba.

Ross has been writing plays for a number of years but is best known for his work' "fareWel" which won him the 1997 Governor General's Award for English Drama, making him the first Métis to win the award.

Ross is well-known for his humorous segments on CBC radio as "Joe from Winnipeg". He has released three books and a compact disc of his Joe from Winnipeg material.

Plays

*"Don't Eat Any Red Snow"
*"CDED"
*"King of Saturday Night"
*"Zombies"
*"Residue of Pain"
*"fareWel"
*"Heart of a Distant Tribe"
*"The Gap"

Awards

*Winner, James Buller Award, 1999.
*Winner, "fareWel", Governor General's Award for Drama, 1997.
*Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer, 1996.


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