2001 Governor General's Awards

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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.

Table of contents

1 English Language

1.1 Fiction
1.2 Poetry
1.3 Drama
1.4 Nonfiction
1.5 Children's Literature - Text
1.6 Children's Literature - Illustration
1.7 Translation (French to English)

2 French Language

2.8 Fiction
2.9 Poetry
2.10 Drama
2.11 Nonfiction
2.12 Children's Literature - Text
2.13 Children's Literature - Illustration
2.14 Translation (English to French)

3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan

Other Finalists:

Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Tessa McWatt, Dragons Cry
Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers
Thomas Wharton, Salamander

Poetry

Winner:

George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems

Other Finalists:

Anne Carson, Men in the Off Hours
Phil Hall, Trouble Sleeping
Robert Kroetsch, The Hornbooks of Rita K.
Steve McCaffery, Seven Pages Missing

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:

Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap

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:

Andr? A. Michaud, Le ravissement

Other Finalists:

Marie-Claire Blais, Dans la foudre et la lumi?e
Rachel Leclerc, Ruelle Oc?n

Poetry

Winner:

Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres port?s

Other Finalists:

Tania Langlais, Douze b?es aux chemises de l'homme
H??e Monette, Un jardin dans la nuit
Stefan Psenak, La beaut?/em>
Jean-Philippe Ra?he, Une lettre au bout du monde

Drama
Winner:
Normand Chaurette, Le Petit K?hel

Other Finalists:
Fran?is Archambault, Code 99
R?ane Charpentier, Un Autre Monde
Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in Requiem suivi de Fausse route

Nonfiction
Winner:
Ren? Dupuis, Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion

Other Finalists:
Jacques Allard, Le roman du Qu?ec: Histoire, perspectives, lectures
Michel Biron, L'absence du ma?re : Saint-Denys Garneau, Ferron, Ducharme
Madeleine Gagnon, Les Femmes et la guerre
Jacques B. G?inas, La globalisation du monde: laisser faire ou faire?

Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines

Other Finalists:
C?ile Gagnon, Le chien de Pavel
Ann Lamontagne, Les m?oires interdites
Marthe Pelletier, Chante pour moi, Charlotte
Jean-Michel Schembr? Le noir passage

Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
Bruce Roberts, Fid?es ??hants

Other Finalists:
Marjolaine Bonenfant, L'ab??aire des animots
Pascale Constantin, Alexis, chevalier des nuits
St?hane Poulin, Vieux Thomas et la petite f?
Myl?e Pratt, Le dimanche de Madame B

Translation (English to French)
Winner:
Michel Saint-Germain, No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques

Other Finalists:
Agn? Guitard, Les hauturiers: ils pr???ent les Vikings en Am?ique
Maryse Warda, Motel de passage

Other Governor General's Awards:
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