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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.
Armand Garnet Ruffo is a poet, writer, filmmaker, and scholar. His books Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing Into Thunderbird (creative non-fiction) and Treaty# (poetry) were both shortlisted for Governor General’s Literary Awards.
Armand Garnet Ruffo was born in Chapleau, Ontario, and draws upon his Ojibwe heritage for much of his writing. He published his first book of poetry, Opening in the Sky , in 1994. Four other poetry collections have followed including Treaty # , which was a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award in 2019.
A Professor in the Department of English and cross-appointed with the Department of Languages, Literatures and Culture, he is recognized as a major contributor to both contemporary Indigenous literature and Indigenous literary scholarship in Canada.
Armand Garnet Ruffo was born in the small northern town of Chapleau, Ontario and currently resides in Ottawa, where he teaches Native literature and creative writing at Carleton University. He has previously taught creative writing at both the Banff Centre for the Arts and the En'owkin International School of Writing in Penticton, British Columbia.
Armand Garnet Ruffo is the author of Norval Morrisseau (4.31 avg rating, 59 ratings, 9 reviews, published 2014), An Anthology of Canadian Native Literatu...
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A rmand Garnet Ruffo's work is strongly influenced by his Anishinaabe (Ojibway) heritage. Born in Chapleau, northern Ontario, his roots extend to the Biscotasing branch of the Sagamok First Nation and the Chapleau Fox Lake Cree.
