Drew Hayden Taylor

Robert Nunn (Brock University)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.5: Indigenous Writing and Culture of North America - Canada.
Vol. editors: Renate Eigenbrod (University of Manitoba), Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 1 Jul 1962
Activity 1982-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Cultural Identities

First Nations/Indigenous Canadian

Activities

Primary

Humorist
Playwright / Dramatist
Story-writer
Theatre Director

Resources

Drew Hayden Taylor is one of Canada’s leading Indigenous playwrights and humorists. His writings are a significant part of the Indigenous cultural renaissance which has been gathering momentum since the 1980s. Humour figures in all Taylor’s work, eliciting laughter edged with disturbing awareness of stereotypes being exploded and bitter truths being given a very thin sugar coating.

He was born on July 1, 1962, on the Curve Lake First Nation, near Peterborough, Ontario, and was raised on the Reserve by his Ojibway mother. He has never known his father, who was White. In 1982 he graduated from Seneca College, Toronto, with a diploma in Radio and Television Broadcasting. After graduating, he worked in several media. In r…

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Citation: Nunn, Robert. "Drew Hayden Taylor". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 May 2006; last revised 21 June 2018. [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11717, accessed 16 April 2024.]

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