2010 Governor General's Awards
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The shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Award
s for Literary Merit were announced on October 13, and winning titles were announced on November 16. Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a leatherbound copy of their book.
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
s for Literary Merit were announced on October 13, and winning titles were announced on November 16. Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a leatherbound copy of their book.
Fiction
- Dianne WarrenDianne WarrenDianne Warren is a Canadian novelist, dramatist and short story writer, who lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.-Background:...
, Cool Water - Sandra BirdsellSandra BirdsellSandra Louise Birdsell, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer of Métis and Mennonite heritage....
, Waiting for Joe - Emma DonoghueEmma DonoghueEmma Donoghue is an Irish-born playwright, literary historian and novelist now living in Canada. Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and an international bestseller. Donoghue's 1995 novel Hood won the Stonewall Book Award and Slammerkin won the Ferro-Grumley Award for...
, RoomRoom (novel)Room is a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. The story is told from the perspective of a five-year-boy, Jack, who is being held captive in a small room along with his mother... - Drew Hayden TaylorDrew Hayden TaylorDrew Hayden Taylor is a Canadian playwright, author and journalist.Born in Curve Lake, Ontario, Taylor is part Ojibwa and part Caucasian. About his background Taylor says: "I plan to start my own nation. Because I am half Ojibway half Caucasian, we will be called the occasions...
, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass - Kathleen WinterKathleen WinterKathleen Winter is a Canadian short story writer and novelist.Born in Bill Quay, near Gateshead in the north of England and raised in Newfoundland and Labrador, Winter began her career as a script writer for Sesame Street before becoming a columnist for The Telegram in St. John's...
, Annabel
Poetry
- Richard GreeneRichard Greene (writer)Richard Greene is a Canadian poet. His book Boxing the Compass won the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards....
, Boxing the Compass - Michael HarrisMichael Harris (writer)Michael Harris is a Canadian poet and translator. His book Circus is a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards....
, Circus - Daryl HineDaryl HineDaryl Hine is a Canadian poet and translator.-Life:Daryl Hine was born in Burnaby in 1936 and grew up in New Westminster B.C. He attended McGill University in Montreal 1954-58...
, &: A Serial Poem - Sandy PoolSandy PoolSandy Pool is a Canadian poet. Her first book Exploding into Night was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards...
, Exploding into Night - Melanie SiebertMelanie SiebertMelanie Siebert is a Canadian poet. Her first book Deepwater Vee is a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.Siebert has an MFA from the University of Victoria.-References:...
, Deepwater Vee
Drama
- Robert ChafeRobert ChafeRobert Chafe is a Canadian playwright. His play Afterimage won the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. He was previously nominated for the same award at the 2004 Governor General's Awards for his plays Butler's Marsh and Tempting Providence.He...
, Afterimage - Charlotte Corbeil-ColemanCharlotte Corbeil-ColemanCharlotte Corbeil-Coleman is a Canadian actor and playwright. Her debut play, Scratch, is a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards...
, Scratch - Michael HealeyMichael HealeyMichael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He graduated from the acting programme at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in 1985. His acting credits include the plays of Jason Sherman and George F...
, Courageous - Judith ThompsonJudith ThompsonJudith Clare Thompson, OC is a Canadian playwright who lives in Toronto, Ontario. Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail once declared that "...in this country, a playwright as good as Judith Thompson is a miracle." She has twice been awarded the Governor General's Award for drama, and is the...
, Such Creatures - David YeeDavid YeeDavid Yee is a Canadian actor and playwright. His play lady in the red dress is a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.-References:...
, lady in the red dress
Non-fiction
- Allan CaseyAllan CaseyAllan Casey is a Canadian writer, whose book Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada won the Governor General's Award for English non-fiction in 2010...
, Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada - Elizabeth AbbottElizabeth AbbottElizabeth Abbott is a Canadian writer and historian. She has a doctorate in 19th Century History from McGill University. She has written numerous books, and has contributed to many publications, including Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, The Gazette , Quill & Quire, Huffington Post and...
, A History of Marriage - Ian BrownIan Brown (journalist)Ian Brown is a Canadian journalist and author, winner of several national magazine and newspaper awards.He is currently the host of Human Edge and The View from Here on TVOntario, and has hosted programming for CBC Radio One, including Later the Same Day, Talking Books, and Sunday Morning...
, The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Search for His Disabled Son - Karen ConnellyKaren ConnellyKaren Marie Connelly is a Canadian writer and poet who has written extensively about her experiences living in Greece, Thailand and Canada.-Life and work:...
, Burmese Lessons: A Love Story - John English, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000
Children's literature (text)
- Wendy Phillips, Fishtailing
- K. L. Denman, Me, Myself and Ike
- Lesley Fairfield, Tyranny
- Gina McMurchy-Barber, Free as a Bird
- Cheryl RainfieldCheryl RainfieldCheryl Rainfield is a Canadian author who was born on August 19, 1972 in Toronto. She is an incest and ritual abuse survivor. She battled with abuse by reading numerous books, and by writing and creating art during her early life which opened doors for her as an escape. She is an active feminist...
, Scars
Children's literature (illustration)
- 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
- Linda GaboriauLinda GaboriauLinda Gaboriau is a Canadian dramaturg and literary translator who has translated some 100 plays and novels by Quebec writers, including many of the Quebec plays best known to English-speaking Canadian audiences....
, Forests (Wajdi MouawadWajdi MouawadWajdi Mouawad, OC is a Canadian writer, actor and director born in Lebanon in 1968. After living in France for a short time, he moved to Quebec in 1983.- Biography :He obtained his diploma from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1991....
, Forêts) - Sheila FischmanSheila FischmanSheila Leah Fischman, CM is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature....
, The Blue Notebook (Michel TremblayMichel TremblayMichel Tremblay, CQ is a Canadian novelist and playwright.Tremblay grew up in the Plateau Mont-Royal, a French-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal, at the time of his birth a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect, something that would heavily influence his work...
, Le Cahier bleu) - Sheila Fischman, On the Proper Use of Stars (Dominique Fortier, Du bon usage des étoiles)
- Liedewy Hawke, High-Wire Summer (Louise Dupré, L'été funambule)
- Lazer LederhendlerLazer LederhendlerLazer Lederhendler is a Canadian literary translator and academic. A four-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation, he won the award in 2008 for his translation of Nicolas Dickner's novel Nikolski...
, The Breakwater House (Pascale QuivigerPascale QuivigerPascale Quiviger is a Canadian writer and artist. Raised and educated in Quebec, she is currently based in the United Kingdom, where she writes, paints, teaches visual arts and practices hypnotherapy...
, La maison des temps rompus)
Fiction
- Kim ThúyKim ThúyKim Thúy is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ru won the Governor General's Award for French language fiction at the 2010 Governor General's Awards....
, Ru - Marie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire BlaisMarie-Claire Blais, is a Canadian author and playwright.- Life :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she was educated at a convent school and at Université Laval. It was at Laval that she met Jeanne Lapointe and Father Georges Lévesque, who encouraged her to write and, in 1959, to publish her first...
, Mai au bal des prédateurs - Martine Desjardins, Maleficium
- Agnès Gruda, Onze petites trahisons
- Dany LaferrièreDany LaferrièreDany Laferrière is a francophone Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist.Born in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, and raised in Petit Goâve, Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haïti before moving to Canada in 1976...
, L’énigme du retour
Poetry
- 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 NepveuPierre NepveuPierre Nepveu is a famous French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. He specializes in Quebec modern poetry, in particular that of Gaston Miron...
, Les verbes majeurs
Drama
- David Paquet, Porc-épic
- Geneviève Billette, Les ours dorment enfin
- Evelyne de la Chenelière, L’imposture
- Emma Haché, Trafiquée
- Gilles Poulin-Denis, Rearview
Non-fiction
- Michel Lavoie, C’est ma seigneurie que je réclame : la lutte des Hurons de Lorette pour la seigneurie de Sillery, 1650-1900
- René-Daniel DuboisRené-Daniel DuboisRené-Daniel Dubois is a Québécois playwright and actor.-Movie career:He is best known for his 1985 play Being at Home with Claude, which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 Thriller drama 5150 Elm's Way...
, 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
Children's literature (text)
- Élise TurcotteÉlise TurcotteÉlise Turcotte is a Canadian writer who was born in Sorel, Quebec on June 26, 1957. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the University of Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently...
, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie - Michel Noël, Nishka
- Patrice RobitaillePatrice RobitaillePatrice Robitaille is a Canadian actor and writer. He was nominated for two awards and won two awards for Québec-Montréal .-Filmography:-Television:* Watatatow * 4 et demi... * Fortier...
, Le Chenil - Yves Steinmetz, La Chamane de bois-rouge
- Alain Ulysse Tremblay, Le dernier été
Children's literature (illustration)
- 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
- Sophie Voillot, Le cafard (Rawi HageRawi Hage-Early life and education:Born in Beirut, Hage grew up in Lebanon and Cyprus. He moved to New York City in 1984. In 1991, he relocated to Montreal, where he studied Photography at Dawson College and Fine Arts at Concordia University. He subsequently began exhibiting as a photographer, and has had...
, Cockroach) - Geneviève Letarte and Alison L. Strayer, Rencontres fortuites (Mavis GallantMavis GallantMavis Leslie Gallant, , née Mavis Leslie Young is a Canadian writer.-Biography:An only child, Gallant was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her father died when she was young, and her mother remarried. Gallant received her education at seventeen different public, convent, and French-language boarding...
, A Fairly Good Time) - Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Sale argent : petit traité d’économie à l’intention des détracteurs du capitalisme (Joseph HeathJoseph HeathJoseph Heath is a philosophy professor at the University of Toronto. He also teaches at the School of Public Policy and Governance. He received his BA from McGill University, where his teachers included Charles Taylor, and his MA and PhD degrees are from Northwestern University, where he studied...
, Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism) - Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Les Troutman volants (Miriam ToewsMiriam ToewsMiriam Toews is a Canadian writer of Mennonite descent. She grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba and has lived in Montreal and London, before settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She moved to Toronto in 2009....
, The Flying Troutmans) - Claudine Vivier, L'exode des loups (Sharon StewartSharon Stewart-Political career:She was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in 1998 for services to Howick.Stewart served on the Manukau City Council for twelve years, between 1998 and 2010....
, Wolf Rider)