2014 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2014,[1] and the winners were announced on November 18.[2] Each winner was awarded $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.

English
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle[2]
Non-fiction Michael Harris, The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection[2]
Poetry Arleen Paré, Lake of Two Mountains[2]
Drama Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays[2]
  • Rick Chafe, The Secret Mask
  • Sean Dixon, A God in Need of Help
  • Janet Munsil, That Elusive Spark
Children's literature Raziel Reid, When Everything Feels Like the Movies[2]
Children's illustration Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer[2]
  • Marie-Louise Gay, Any Questions?
  • Qin Leng, Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
  • Renata Liwska, Once Upon a Memory
  • Julie Morstad, Julia, Child
French to English translation Peter Feldstein, Paul-Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography (François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) : biographie critique et analyse de l'œuvre)[2]

French
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Andrée A. Michaud, Bondrée[2]
Non-fiction Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Tenir tête[2]
  • Catherine Ferland and Dave Corriveau, La Corriveau: De l'histoire à la légende
  • Bertrand Gervais, Un défaut de fabrication
  • Nicolas Lévesque and Catherine Mavrikakis, Ce que dit l'écorce
  • Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Questions d'écriture: Réponses à des lecteurs
Poetry José Acquelin, Anarchie de la lumière[2]
  • Joséphine Bacon, Un thé dans la toundra/Nipishapui nete mushuat
  • Paul Chanel Malenfant, Toujours jamais
  • Georgette LeBlanc, Prudent
  • Julie Stanton, Mémorial pour Geneviève et autres tombeaux
Drama Carole Fréchette, Small Talk[2]
  • François Archambault, Tu te souviendras de moi
  • Simon Boudreault, As is (tel quel)
  • Olivier Kemeid, Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle
  • Étienne Lepage, Histoires pour faire des cauchemars
Children's literature Linda Amyot, Le jardin d'Amsterdam[2]
  • India Desjardins, Le Noël de Marguerite
  • Patrick Isabelle, Eux
  • Jean-François Sénéchal, Feu
  • Mélanie Tellier, Fiona
Children's illustration Marianne Dubuc, Le lion et l'oiseau[2]
  • Pascal Blanchet, Le Noël de Marguerite
  • Manon Gauthier, Grand-mère, elle et moi…
  • Isabelle Malenfant, Pablo trouve un trésor
  • Pierre Pratt, Gustave
English to French translation Daniel Poliquin, L'Indien malcommode: un portrait inattendu des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord (Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America)[2]
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References
  1. "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
  2. "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014.
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