2010 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award

The shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 13,[1] and winning titles were announced on November 16.[2] Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a leatherbound copy of their book.

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Dianne Warren, Cool Water
  • Sandra Birdsell, Waiting for Joe
  • Emma Donoghue, Room
  • Drew Hayden Taylor, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass
  • Kathleen Winter, Annabel
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Allan Casey, Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada
  • Elizabeth Abbott, A History of Marriage
  • Ian Brown, The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son
  • Karen Connelly, Burmese Lessons: A Love Story
  • John English, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000
Poetry Blue ribbon Richard Greene, Boxing the Compass
  • Michael Harris, Circus
  • Daryl Hine, &: A Serial Poem
  • Sandy Pool, Exploding into Night
  • Melanie Siebert, Deepwater Vee
Drama Blue ribbon Robert Chafe, Afterimage
  • Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, Scratch
  • Michael Healey, Courageous
  • Judith Thompson, Such Creatures
  • David Yee, lady in the red dress
Children's literature Blue ribbon Wendy Phillips, Fishtailing
  • K. L. Denman, Me, Myself and Ike
  • Lesley Fairfield, Tyranny
  • Gina McMurchy-Barber, Free as a Bird
  • Cheryl Rainfield, Scars
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Jon Klassen, Cat's Night Out
  • Kristin Bridgeman, Uirapuru
  • Julie Flett, Owls See Clearly at Night
  • Matt James, I Know Here
  • Renata Liwska, The Quiet Book
French to English translation Blue ribbon Linda Gaboriau, Forests (Wajdi Mouawad, Forêts)

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Kim Thúy, Ru
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Michel Lavoie, C'est ma seigneurie que je réclame : la lutte des Hurons de Lorette pour la seigneurie de Sillery, 1650-1900
  • René-Daniel Dubois, Morceaux : entretiens sur l'écho du monde, l'imaginaire et l'écriture
  • Marie McAndrew, Les majorités fragiles et l'éducation : Belgique, Catalogne, Irlande du Nord, Québec
  • Pierre Ouellet, Où suis-je ? Paroles des égarés
  • Yvon Rivard, Une idée simple
Poetry Blue ribbon Danielle Fournier, effleurés de lumière
  • Francis Catalano, qu'une lueur des lieux
  • Marie-Josée Charest, Rien que la guerre, c'est tout
  • Carole David, Manuel de poétique à l'intention des jeunes filles
  • Pierre Nepveu, Les verbes majeurs
Drama Blue ribbon David Paquet, Porc-épic
Children's literature Blue ribbon Élise Turcotte, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie
  • Michel Noël, Nishka
  • Patrice Robitaille, Le Chenil
  • Yves Steinmetz, La Chamane de bois-rouge
  • Alain Ulysse Tremblay, Le dernier été
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Daniel Sylvestre, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie
  • Josée Bisaillon, Le funambule
  • Virginie Egger, Mon premier amour
  • Manon Gauthier, Triste sort
  • Melinda Josie, Le géranium
English to French translation Blue ribbon Sophie Voillot, Le cafard (Rawi Hage, Cockroach)
  • Geneviève Letarte and Alison L. Strayer, Rencontres fortuites (Mavis Gallant, A Fairly Good Time)
  • Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Sale argent : petit traité d'économie à l'intention des détracteurs du capitalisme (Joseph Heath, Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism)
  • Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Les Troutman volants (Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans)
  • Claudine Vivier, L'exode des loups (Sharon Stewart, Wolf Rider)

References

  1. ^ "Emma Donoghue, Kathleen Winter make GG short list". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 2010.
  2. ^ "Regina's Dianne Warren wins Gov-Gen Award for ‘Cool Water’". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 2010.

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