2013 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 2,[1] and the winners were announced on November 13.[2] Each winner will be awarded $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.[1]
English
Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
Fiction |
Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries |
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Non-fiction |
Sandra Djwa, A Journey with No Maps: A Life of P. K. Page |
- Carolyn Abraham, The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us
- Nina Munk, The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
- Allen Smutylo, The Memory of Water
- Priscilla Uppal, Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother
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Poetry |
Katherena Vermette, North End Love Songs |
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Drama |
Nicolas Billon, Fault Lines: Three Plays |
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Children's literature |
Teresa Toten, The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B |
- Beverley Brenna, The White Bicycle
- Shane Peacock, Becoming Holmes
- Jean E. Pendziwol, Once Upon a Northern Light
- Valerie Sherrard, Counting Back from Nine
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Children's illustration |
Matt James, Northwest Passage |
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French to English translation |
Donald Winkler, The Major Verbs (Pierre Nepveu, Les verbes majeurs) |
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French
Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
Fiction |
Stéphanie Pelletier, Quand les guêpes se taisent |
- Sergio Kokis, Culs-de-sac
- Roger Magini, Ilitch, mort ou vif
- Marc Séguin, Hollywood
- Gérald Tougas, Le deuxième train de la nuit
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Non-fiction |
Yvon Rivard, Aimer, enseigner |
- Alain Deneault, Gouvernance: le management totalitaire
- Jean-Jacques Pelletier, La fabrique de l’extrême : les pratiques ordinaires de l’excès
- Dominique Perron, L’Alberta autophage : identités, mythes et discours du pétrole dans l’Ouest canadien
- Joseph Yvon Thériault, Évangéline : contes d’Amérique
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Poetry |
René Lapierre, Pour les désespérés seulement |
- Mario Brassard, Le livre clarière
- Marie-Andrée Gill, Béante
- Diane Régimbald, L'insensée rayonne
- Rodney Saint-Éloi, Jacques Roche, je t'écris cette lettre
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Drama |
Fanny Britt, Bienveillance |
- Michel Marc Bouchard, Christine, la reine-garçon
- Olivier Choinière, Nom de domaine
- Véronique Côté, Tout ce qui tombe
- Érika Tremblay-Roy, Petite vérité inventée
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Children's literature |
Geneviève Mativat, À l'ombre de la grande maison |
- Camille Bouchard, D'or et de poussière
- Fanny Britt, Jane, le renard et moi
- Emmanuelle Caron, Gladys et Vova
- Lili Chartrand, Le monde fabuleux de Monsieur Fred
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Children's illustration |
Isabelle Arsenault, Jane, le renard et moi |
- Jacinthe Chevalier, Aujourd'hui, le ciel
- Marianne Dubuc, Au carnaval des animaux
- Stéphane Jorisch, Quand je serai grand
- Rogé, Mingan, mon village
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English to French translation |
Sophie Voillot, L'enfant du jeudi (Alison Pick, Far to Go) |
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References
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