Governor General’s Literary Awards presented
Earlier today, the Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced at a ceremony in Montreal. Considered the most comprehensive literary prize in Canada, awards are presented in fourteen categories.
English Language Awards
Fiction
Cool Water by Dianne Warren
Non-Fiction
Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada by Allan Casey
Poetry
Boxing the Compass by Richard Greene
Drama
Afterimage by Robert Chafe
Children’s Literature (text)
Fishtailing by Wendy Phillips
Children’s Literature (illustrations)
Jon Klassen for Cat's Night Out by Caroline Stutson
Translation French to English
Linda Gaboriau for Forests, an English translation of Forets by Wajdi Mouawad
French Language Awards
Fiction
Ru by Kim Thúy
Non-Fiction
C’est ma seigneurie que je réclame: la lutte des Hurons de Lorette pour la seigneurie de Sillery, 1650-1900 by Michel Lavoie
Poetry
effleurés de lumière by Danielle Fournier
Drama
Porc-épic by David Paquet
Children’s Literature (text)
Rose: derrière le rideau de la folie by Élise Turcotte
Children’s Literature (illustrations)
Rose: derrière le rideau de la folie by Daniel Sylvestre
Translation English to French
Sophie Voillot for Le cafard, a French translation of Cockroach by Rawi Hage
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