2001 Governor General's Awards

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The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14.[1] Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.[2]

English[edit]

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap
Poetry Blue ribbon George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems
Drama Blue ribbon Kent Stetson, The Harps of God
Children's literature Blue ribbon Arthur Slade, Dust
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup
French to English translation Blue ribbon Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara)

French[edit]

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Andrée A. Michaud, Le ravissement
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Renée Dupuis, Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion
Poetry Blue ribbon Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres portées
Drama Blue ribbon Normand Chaurette, Le Petit Köchel
Children's literature Blue ribbon Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants
English to French translation Blue ribbon Michel Saint-Germain, No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Governor General's award follows on top of the Giller: Novelist Richard Wright has good week". Prince George Citizen, November 15, 2001.
  2. ^ "Urquhart, Wright get GG award nominations". The Telegram, October 24, 2001.