2010 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 13,[1] and winning titles were announced on November 16.[2] Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a leatherbound copy of their book.

English
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Dianne Warren, Cool Water
Non-fiction Allan Casey, Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada
Poetry Richard Greene, Boxing the Compass
Drama Robert Chafe, Afterimage
Children's literature Wendy Phillips, Fishtailing
  • K. L. Denman, Me, Myself and Ike
  • Lesley Fairfield, Tyranny
  • Gina McMurchy-Barber, Free as a Bird
  • Cheryl Rainfield, Scars
Children's illustration Jon Klassen, Cat's Night Out
  • Kristin Bridgeman, Uirapuru
  • Julie Flett, Owls See Clearly at Night
  • Matt James, I Know Here
  • Renata Liwska, The Quiet Book
French to English translation Linda Gaboriau, Forests (Wajdi Mouawad, Forêts)

French
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Kim Thúy, Ru
Non-fiction Michel Lavoie, C'est ma seigneurie que je réclame : la lutte des Hurons de Lorette pour la seigneurie de Sillery, 1650-1900
  • René-Daniel Dubois, Morceaux : entretiens sur l'écho du monde, l'imaginaire et l'écriture
  • Marie McAndrew, Les majorités fragiles et l'éducation : Belgique, Catalogne, Irlande du Nord, Québec
  • Pierre Ouellet, Où suis-je ? Paroles des égarés
  • Yvon Rivard, Une idée simple
Poetry Danielle Fournier, effleurés de lumière
  • Francis Catalano, qu'une lueur des lieux
  • Marie-Josée Charest, Rien que la guerre, c'est tout
  • Carole David, Manuel de poétique à l'intention des jeunes filles
  • Pierre Nepveu, Les verbes majeurs
Drama David Paquet, Porc-épic
Children's literature Élise Turcotte, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie
  • Michel Noël, Nishka
  • Patrice Robitaille, Le Chenil
  • Yves Steinmetz, La Chamane de bois-rouge
  • Alain Ulysse Tremblay, Le dernier été
Children's illustration Daniel Sylvestre, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie
  • Josée Bisaillon, Le funambule
  • Virginie Egger, Mon premier amour
  • Manon Gauthier, Triste sort
  • Melinda Josie, Le géranium
English to French translation Sophie Voillot, Le cafard (Rawi Hage, Cockroach)
  • Geneviève Letarte and Alison L. Strayer, Rencontres fortuites (Mavis Gallant, A Fairly Good Time)
  • Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Sale argent : petit traité d'économie à l'intention des détracteurs du capitalisme (Joseph Heath, Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism)
  • Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Les Troutman volants (Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans)
  • Claudine Vivier, L'exode des loups (Sharon Stewart, Wolf Rider)
gollark: With one world government this would not be possible unless it had strong devolution.
gollark: Additionally: normally, governments do somewhat different things, and we can use that to determine which things are better (very noisily).
gollark: If the one world government turns apioform there is nothing much you can do about it.
gollark: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
gollark: If I dislike the UK, in theory, at great expense, I can move to France or something.

References
  1. "Emma Donoghue, Kathleen Winter make GG short list". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 2010.
  2. "Regina's Dianne Warren wins Gov-Gen Award for ‘Cool Water’". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.