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2001 Governor General's Awards

The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.

Contents

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:

Poetry

Winner:

Other Finalists:

Drama

Winner:

  • Kent Stetson , The Harps of God

Other Finalists:

  • Mark Brownell , Monsieur d'Eon
  • Clem Martini , A Three Martini Lunch
  • Michael Redhill, Building Jerusalem
  • Jason Sherman , An Acre of Time: The Play

Nonfiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:

  • Susan Crean , The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr
  • Ross A. Laird , Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft
  • Alberto Manguel, Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate
  • Jack Todd, The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

  • Arthur Slade , Dust

Other Finalists:

  • Brian Doyle , Mary Ann Alice
  • Beth Goobie , Before Wings
  • Julie Johnston , In Spite of Killer Bees
  • Teresa Toten , The Game

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

  • Mireille Levert , Island in the Soup

Other Finalists:

  • Harvey Chan , Wild Bog Tea
  • Murray Kimber , The Wolf of Gubbio
  • Kim LaFave , We'll All Go Sailing
  • Cindy Revell , Mallory and the Power Boy

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

  • Fred A. Reed and David Homel , Fairy Ring

Other Finalists:

  • Sheila Fischman, Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
  • Gail Scott , The Sailor's Disquiet


French Language

Fiction

Winner:

  • Andrée A. Michaud , Le ravissement

Other Finalists:

Poetry

Winner:

  • Paul Chanel Malenfant , Des ombres portées

Other Finalists:

  • Tania Langlais , Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme
  • Hélène Monette , Un jardin dans la nuit
  • Stefan Psenak , La beauté
  • Jean-Philippe Raîche , Une lettre au bout du monde

Drama

Winner:

  • Normand Chaurette , Le Petit Köchel

Other Finalists:

  • François Archambault , Code 99
  • Réjane Charpentier , Un Autre Monde
  • Michel Ouellette , "Requiem", in Requiem suivi de Fausse route

Nonfiction

Winner:

  • Renée Dupuis , Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion

Other Finalists:

  • Jacques Allard , Le roman du Québec: Histoire, perspectives, lectures
  • Michel Biron , L'absence du maître : Saint-Denys Garneau, Ferron, Ducharme
  • Madeleine Gagnon , Les Femmes et la guerre
  • Jacques B. Gélinas , La globalisation du monde: laisser faire ou faire?

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

  • Christiane Duchesne , Jomusch et le troll des cuisines

Other Finalists:

  • Cécile Gagnon , Le chien de Pavel
  • Ann Lamontagne , Les mémoires interdites
  • Marthe Pelletier , Chante pour moi, Charlotte
  • Jean-Michel Schembré , Le noir passage

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

  • Bruce Roberts , Fidèles éléphants

Other Finalists:

  • Marjolaine Bonenfant , L'abécédaire des animots
  • Pascale Constantin , Alexis, chevalier des nuits
  • Stéphane Poulin , Vieux Thomas et la petite fée
  • Mylène Pratt , Le dimanche de Madame B

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

  • Michel Saint-Germain , No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques

Other Finalists:

  • Agnès Guitard , Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique
  • Maryse Warda , Motel de passage

Other Governor General's Awards:

Last updated: 08-04-2005 18:46:11
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