October 14, 2005 Source: Laurentian University of Sudbury:
http://www.laurentian.ca/?file=newsrelease/2005/oct/oct14_aruffo_e.php Armand Garnet Ruffo to read from his work at Laurentian University On Sunday October 16, at 8 p.m., in room C-309 of the Classroom Building at Laurentian University, national award-winning poet, novelist, and playwright, Armand Garnet Ruffo will read from his works and participate in a question and answer session, as part of the Humanities MA 2005-2006 Colloquium Series on "Public and Private Memory." Winner of the 2002 Archibald Lampman award for poetry for In Geronimo's Cave (Coteau 2001), Armand Garnet Ruffo is also the author of the acclaimed creative biography Grey Owl: The Mystery of Archie Belaney. His play A Windigo Tale, winner of a CBC Arts Performance Showcase Award, is being adapted for the screen, to be released in 2006. In his writing Mr. Ruffo explores the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, in both subject and form. His Marston LaFrance Fellowship lecture at Carleton University in 2004 spoke about how his play A Windigo Tale was a mythologizing and contemporizing of the residential school experience. His creative biography of Grey Owl blends history, fiction, and poetry in its attempt to represent how Archie Belaney, the notorious imposter and proto environmentalist Grey Owl, similarly "created" himself. A member of the Fox Lake First Nation near Chapleau, Armand Ruffo is also an associate professor of English at Carleton University in Ottawa. Mr. Ruffo will read from current work and his earlier books as well, and will be available to answer questions and to sign your copies of his books. Mr. Ruffo's visit is sponsored by the Humanities MA, the Departments of English, History, Native Studies, the Office of Native Programs and Services, and the Office of Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences. For more information, please contact Laurentian University's Humanities MA in Interpretation and Values (705) 675-1151, ext. 4352 or 4353. Reference:
Paul de la Riva
Public Affairs
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario
(705) 675-1151, ext. 3406
pdelarivalaurentian.ca
www.laurentian.ca
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