Governor General's Award for English language non-fiction
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This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award
for English-language non-fiction.
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...
for English-language non-fiction.
1930s
- 19361936 Governor General's AwardsThe 1936 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit began the tradition of Governor General's awards in Canada. They comprised only two categories, for fiction and non-fiction, and were English language only....
: T. B. Robertson, collected newspaper articles - 19371937 Governor General's AwardsThe 1937 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the second such awards, and the first to include a category for poetry and drama. No monetary prize was yet given; the awards were simply recognition of the authors.-Winners:...
: Stephen LeacockStephen LeacockStephen Butler Leacock, FRSC was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist...
, My Discovery of the West - 19381938 Governor General's AwardsThe 1938 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the third such awards. No monetary prize was yet given; the awards were simply recognition of the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Gwethalyn Graham, Swiss Sonata...
: John Murray GibbonJohn Murray GibbonJohn Murray Gibbon was a Scottish Canadian writer and cultural promoter. He was born in Ceylon and educated at Aberdeen, Oxford and Göttingen universities. Gibbon emigrated to Canada in 1913 to work for the Canadian Pacific Railway...
, Canadian MosaicCanadian MosaicCanadian Mosaic was a book by John Murray Gibbon, published in 1938. Gibbon's book, the full title of which was Canadian Mosaic: The Making of a Northern Nation, heralded a new way of thinking about immigrants that was to shape Canadian immigration policy in the latter part of the Twentieth century... - 19391939 Governor General's AwardsThe 1939 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fourth such awards. No monetary prize was yet given; the awards were simply recognition of the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Franklin D. McDowell, The Champlain Road...
: Laura G. Salverson, Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter
1940s
- 19401940 Governor General's AwardsThe 1940 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fifth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Ringuet, Thirty Acres....
: J. F. C. Wright, Slava Bohu - 19411941 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1941 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fifth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Alan Sullivan, Three Came to Ville Marie....
: Emily CarrEmily CarrEmily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a post-impressionist painting style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until later in her life...
, Klee Wyck - 19421942 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada the 1942 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the sixth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: G...
: Bruce HutchisonBruce HutchisonWilliam Bruce Hutchison, was a Canadian author and journalist.Born in Prescott, Ontario, Hutchison was educated in public schools in Victoria, British Columbia. He married Dorothy Kidd McDiarmid in 1925, around the same time that he began his journalism career as a political reporter in Ottawa...
, The Unknown Country and Edgar McInnes, The Unguarded Frontier - 19431943 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada the 1943 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the seventh such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:...
: John D. Robins, The Incomplete Anglers and E.K. Brown, On Canadian Poetry - 19441944 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1944 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the eighth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Gwethalyn Graham, Earth and High Heaven....
: Dorothy Duncan, Partner in Three Worlds and Edgar McInnes, The War: Fourth Year - 19451945 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1945 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the ninth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.- Winners :*Fiction: Hugh MacLennan, Two Solitudes....
: Evelyn M. RichardsonEvelyn M. RichardsonEvelyn M. Richardson, born Evelyn May Fox was a Canadian writer who won the Governor General's Award in non-fiction for her 1945 memoir, We Keep a Light. The annual Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Award is given in her honour to a Nova Scotia writer of non-fiction.-Life:She was born on Emerald...
, We Keep a Light and Ross MunroRoss MunroRobert Ross Munro, OBE, OC was the Canadian Press's lead war correspondent in Europe in World War II. He covered a Canadian raid in Spitsbergen, the 1942 raid on Dieppe, the Allied landings in Sicily, the Italian campaign, D-Day and the campaign in Northwestern Europe...
, Gauntlet to Overlord - 19461946 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1946 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the tenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Winifred Bambrick, Continental Revue....
: Frederick Philip GroveFrederick Philip GroveFrederick Philip Grove was born Felix Paul Greve in Radomno, West Prussia, German Empire . He was best known as a prolific translator before he left Berlin for start a new life in North America in late July 1909...
, In Search of Myself and A.R.M. Lower, Colony to Nation - 19471947 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1947 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the eleventh such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Gabrielle Roy, The Tin Flute....
: William Sclater, Haida and R. MacGregor Dawson, The Government of Canada - 19481948 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1948 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twelfth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Hugh MacLennan, The Precipice ....
: Thomas H. Raddall, Halifax, Warden of the North and C.P. Stacey, The Canadian Army, 1939-1945 - 19491949 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1949 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the thirteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. These were the first awards to give a prize for children's literature....
: Hugh MacLennanHugh MacLennanJohn Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ was a Canadian author and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.-Family and childhood:...
, Cross-country and R. MacGregor Dawson, Democratic Government in Canada
1950s
- 19501950 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1950 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fourteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Germaine Guèvremont, The Outlander ....
: Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, The Saskatchewan and W.L. MortonW.L. MortonWilliam Lewis Morton, OC was a noted Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. He was born in Gladstone, Manitoba. He won a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University where he studied history...
, The Progressive Party in Canada - 19511951 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1951 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fifteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Morley Callaghan, The Loved and the Lost....
: Josephine Phelan, The Ardent Exile and Frank MacKinnon, The Government of Prince Edward Island - 19521952 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1952 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the sixteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: David Walker, The Pillar....
: Donald G. Creighton, John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician and Bruce HutchisonBruce HutchisonWilliam Bruce Hutchison, was a Canadian author and journalist.Born in Prescott, Ontario, Hutchison was educated in public schools in Victoria, British Columbia. He married Dorothy Kidd McDiarmid in 1925, around the same time that he began his journalism career as a political reporter in Ottawa...
, The Incredible Canadian - 19531953 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1953 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the seventeenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: David Walker, Digby....
: J.M.S. Careless, Canada, A Story of Challenge and N.J. Berrill, Sex and the Nature of Things - 19541954 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1954 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the eighteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Igor Gouzenko, The Fall of a Titan....
: Hugh MacLennanHugh MacLennanJohn Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ was a Canadian author and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.-Family and childhood:...
, Thirty and Three and A.R.M. Lower, This Most Famous Stream - 19551955 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1955 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the nineteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.-Winners:...
: N.J. Berrill, Man's Emerging Mind and Donald G. Creighton, John A. Macdonald, The Old Chieftain - 19561956 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1956 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twentieth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.-Winners:*Fiction: Adele Wiseman, The Sacrifice....
: Pierre BertonPierre BertonPierre Francis de Marigny Berton, was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist....
, The Mysterious North and Joseph Lister Rutledge, Century of Conflict - 19571957 Governor General's AwardsThe 1957 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twenty-first such awards in Canada. The awards in this period an honour for the authors but had no monetary prize.-Winners:*Fiction: Gabrielle Roy, Street of Riches....
: Thomas H. Raddall, The Path of Destiny and Bruce HutchisonBruce HutchisonWilliam Bruce Hutchison, was a Canadian author and journalist.Born in Prescott, Ontario, Hutchison was educated in public schools in Victoria, British Columbia. He married Dorothy Kidd McDiarmid in 1925, around the same time that he began his journalism career as a political reporter in Ottawa...
, Canada: Tomorrow's Giant - 19581958 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1958 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twenty-second such awards. The awards in this period were an honour for the authors but had no monetary prize.-Winners:*Fiction: Colin McDougall, Execution....
: Pierre BertonPierre BertonPierre Francis de Marigny Berton, was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist....
, Klondike and Joyce HemlowJoyce HemlowJoyce Hemlow M.A., Ph.D, FRSC was a Canadian professor and accomplished writer.She was born to William and Rosalinda Hemlow and was educated at Queen's University, received a B.A in 1941 and her MA in 1942, becoming a travelling fellow of the university until 1943, when she became a fellow of the...
, The History of Fanny Burney - 19591959 Governor General's AwardsIn Canada, the 1959 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit saw a major change from previous awards. Instead of five categories in English the awards were now presented in two categories in English and two in French...
: (none), award temporarily discontinued
1960s
- 19601960 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1960 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:Fiction: Brian Moore, The Luck of Ginger Coffey...
: Frank H. Underhill, In Search of Canadian Liberalism - 19611961 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1961 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:Fiction: Malcolm Lowry, Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place...
: T. A. GoudgeT. A. GoudgeThomas Anderson Goudge M.A., Ph.D, FRSC was a Canadian university professor.He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, son of Thomas Norman and Effie Goudge. He graduated from the Halifax Academy in 1927, and studied for a B.A. in 1931 and an MA in 1932 from Dalhousie University. He obtained his Ph...
, The Ascent of Life - 19621962 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1962 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Kildare Dobbs, Running to Paradise....
: Marshall McLuhanMarshall McLuhanHerbert Marshall McLuhan, CC was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist...
, The Gutenberg Galaxy - 19631963 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1963 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Hugh Garner, Hugh Garner's Best Stories.*Non fiction: J.M.S...
: J.M.S. Careless, Brown of the Globe - 19641964 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1964 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Douglas LePan, The Deserter....
: Phyllis GrosskurthPhyllis GrosskurthPhyllis M. Grosskurth, is a Canadian biographer.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree, honours English from the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa...
, John Addington Symonds - 19651965 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1965 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Poetry or Drama: Al Purdy, The Cariboo Horses....
: James EayrsJames EayrsJames Eayrs started his basketball career in Roseville, MN .He is best known for playing for the NCAA Division I Milwaukee Panthers between 2008-2010. He also played for the North Dakota State College of Science, a junior college in Wahpeton, ND before going to UWM.-College statistics:-External...
, In Defence of Canada - 19661966 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1966 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Margaret Laurence, A Jest of God ....
: George WoodcockGeorge WoodcockGeorge Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet, and published several volumes of travel writing. He founded in 1959 the journal Canadian Literature, the first academic journal specifically...
, The Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell - 19671967 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1967 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Poetry or Drama: Alden Nowlan, Bread, Wine and Salt....
: Norah Story, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature - 19681968 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1968 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts...
: Mordecai RichlerMordecai RichlerMordecai Richler, CC was a Canadian Jewish author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version,...
, CocksureCocksureCocksure is a novel by Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1968 by McClelland and Stewart.A satirical work, the novel centres on Mortimer Griffin, a middle-class Anglican from Caribou, Ontario who has built a successful career as a publisher and editor in 1960s London, England...
and Hunting Tigers Under Glass - 19691969 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1969 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:Fiction: Robert Kroetsch, The Studhorse Man...
: (none)
1970s
- 19711971 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1971 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Mordecai Richler, St...
: Pierre BertonPierre BertonPierre Francis de Marigny Berton, was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist....
, The Last SpikeThe Last Spike (book)The Last Spike is a 1971 Canadian non-fiction book by Pierre Berton describing the construction and completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1881 and 1885. It is a sequel to Berton's 1970 book The National Dream... - 19721972 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1972 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Robertson Davies, The Manticore...
: (none) - 19731973 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1973 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Rudy Wiebe, The Temptations of Big Bear....
: Michael Bell, Painters in a New Land - 19741974 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1974 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Margaret Laurence, The Diviners....
: Charles RitchieCharles RitchieCharles Stewart Almon Ritchie, CC was a Canadian diplomat and diarist.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was Canada’s ambassador to West Germany , Permanent Representative to the United Nations , ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F...
, The Siren Years - 19751975 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1975 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Brian Moore, The Great Victorian Collection....
: Marion MacRae and Anthony AdamsonAnthony AdamsonAnthony Patrick Cawthra Adamson, was a Canadian architect, author, teacher, and municipal politician...
, Hallowed Walls - 19761976 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1976 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Marian Engel, Bear.*Poetry or Drama: Joe Rosenblatt, Top Soil....
: Carl BergerCarl BergerCarl George Berger was a cinematographer who photographed Frank Buck’s film Bring 'Em Back Alive .-Early years:...
, The Writing of Canadian History - 19771977 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1977 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Timothy Findley, The Wars.*Poetry or Drama: D.G...
: Frank Scott, Essays on the Constitution - 19781978 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1978 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-English Language:*Fiction: Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are?...
: Roger CaronRoger CaronRoger "Mad Dog" Caron is a Canadian bank robber and the author of the influential 1978 prison memoir Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars...
, Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars - 19791979 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1979 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The 1979 awards were the first in which a list of finalists was released a month before the presentation of the awards...
: Maria Tippett, Emily Carr
1980s
- 19801980 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1980 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:*George Bowering, Burning WaterOther Finalists:...
: Jeffrey SimpsonJeffrey SimpsonJeffrey Carl Simpson, OC , is a Canadian journalist. He has been The Globe and Mails national affairs columnist for almost three decades...
, Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration - 19811981 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Poetry:Winner:*F.R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F.R...
: George Calef, Caribou and the barren-lands - 19821982 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1982 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:*Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man DescendingOther Finalists:...
: Christopher Moore, Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth- Century Garrison Town - 19831983 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1983 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:*Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's DogOther Finalists:...
: Jeffery Williams, Byng of Vimy - 19841984 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1984 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:*Josef Skvorecky, The Engineer of Human SoulsOther Finalists:...
: Sandra GwynSandra GwynAlexandra Sandra Fraser Gwyn, was a Canadian journalist and writer.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, the daughter of Claude Fraser and Ruth Harley, she was educated at Dalhousie University graduating in 1955...
, The Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier - 19851985 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1985 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:*Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's TaleOther Finalists:...
: Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada - 19861986 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1986 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:*Alice Munro, The Progress of LoveOther Finalists:...
: Northrop FryeNorthrop FryeHerman Northrop Frye, was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century....
, Northrop Frye on Shakespeare - 19871987 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1987 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:...
: Michael IgnatieffMichael IgnatieffMichael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011...
, The Russian Album - 19881988 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:...
: Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room - 19891989 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:...
: Robert Calder, Willie-The Life of W. Somerset Maugham
1990s
- 19901990 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10000 and a specially bound edition of his or her book. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:...
: Stephen ClarksonStephen ClarksonStephen Clarkson, is one of Canada’s preeminent political scientists and a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto....
and Christina McCallChristina McCallChristina McCall was a Canadian political writer.McCall studied English at the University of Toronto then spent the next 20 years as a journalist at The Globe and Mail, Saturday Night and Maclean's and as a senior editor at Chatelaine, as a senior political writer and author. She later worked...
, Trudeau and Our Times - 19911991 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1991 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:...
: Robert HunterRobert Hunter (journalist)Robert Lorne Hunter was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. A member of the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1969 with Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, and Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe...
and Robert Calihoo, Occupied Canada: A Young White Man Discovers His Unsuspected Past - 19921992 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:...
: Maggie SigginsMaggie SigginsMaggie Siggins is a Canadian journalist and writer. She was a recipient of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Literary Merit for her non-fiction work Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm...
, Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm - 19931993 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1993 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:...
: 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:...
, Touch the Dragon - 19941994 Governor General's AwardsEach winner of the 1994 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges set up by the Canada Council for the Arts.-Fiction:Winner:...
: John A. Livingston, Rogue Primate: An Exploration of Human Domestication - 19951995 Governor General's AwardsThe 1995 Governor General's Literary Awards were presented by Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada on November 14 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto...
: Rosemary SullivanRosemary SullivanRosemary Sullivan is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist.Sullivan was born in the small town of Valois on Lac St. Louis, which is located just outside of Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from St. Thomas high school, she attended McGill University on a scholarship, and earned her...
, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen - 19961996 Governor General's AwardsThe 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 14, 1996.-English Language:FictionWinner:*Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's BoyOther Finalists:*Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace...
: John Ralston SaulJohn Ralston SaulJohn Ralston Saul, CC is a Canadian author, essayist, and President of International PEN.As an essayist, Saul is particularly known for his commentaries on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of manager-, or more precisely technocrat-, led societies; the...
, The Unconscious Civilization - 19971997 Governor General's AwardsThe winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 18 by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts...
: Rachel ManleyRachel ManleyRachel Manley is a Jamaican writer in verse and prose, born in Cornwall, raised in Jamaica and currently residing in Canada. She is a daughter of former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley. She edited Edna Manley's diaries which were published in 1989...
, Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood - 19981998 Governor General's AwardsThe winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17 in Ottawa...
: David Adams RichardsDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a B.A.. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and...
, Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi - 19991999 Governor General's AwardsThe winners of the 1999 Canadian Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16 at the National Library of Canada...
: Marq de VilliersMarq de VilliersMarq de Villiers, CM is an award-winning Canadian writer and journalist. He now chiefly writes non-fiction books on scientific topics. In the past he also worked as a magazine editor and foreign correspondent.-Biography:...
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2000s
- 20002000 Governor General's AwardsThe 2000 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall.-Fiction:...
: Nega MezlekiaNega MezlekiaNega Mezlekia is an Ethiopian writer who writes in English. His first language is the Amharic language, but since the 1980s he has lived in Canada so speaks and writes in English....
, Notes from the Hyena's Belly - 20012001 Governor General's AwardsThe 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. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.-Fiction:*Richard B...
: Thomas Homer-DixonThomas Homer-DixonThomas Homer-Dixon holds the Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Global Systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario, and is a Professor in the Centre for Environment and Business in the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo...
, The Ingenuity GapIngenuity GapThe Ingenuity Gap is a non-fiction book by Canadian academic Thomas Homer-Dixon. It was written over the course of eight years from 1992 to 2000 when it was published by Knopf. The book argues that the nature of problems faced by our society are becoming more complex and that our ability to... - 20022002 Governor General's AwardsThe 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19...
: Andrew NikiforukAndrew NikiforukAndrew Nikiforuk is a Canadian journalist who has won multiple National Magazine Awards. His work has appeared in Saturday Night, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, Report on Business, Chatelaine, Alberta Views, Equinox, and Canadian Family and in both national newspapers...
, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil - 20032003 Governor General's AwardsThe 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.-Fiction:*Douglas Glover, Elle*Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake*Elizabeth Hay, Garbo Laughs...
: Margaret MacMillanMargaret MacMillanMargaret Olwen MacMillan, OC is a historian and professor at the University of Oxford, where she is Warden of St. Antony's College. She is former provost of Trinity College and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously, at Ryerson University...
, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the WorldPeacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End WarPeacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War is a historical narrative based on the events of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. It was written by the Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan with a foreword by American diplomat Richard Holbrooke... - 20042004 Governor General's AwardsThe nominees for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 26. The children's literature winners were announced on November 15, and the other winners were announced on November 16...
: Lt.-Gen. Roméo DallaireRoméo DallaireLieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general...
, Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in RwandaShake Hands with the Devil (book)Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda is a book by Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire of the Canadian Forces, with help from Major Brent Beardsley... - 20052005 Governor General's AwardsThe nominees for the 2005 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 17. Winning titles were announced on November 16...
: John VaillantJohn VaillantJohn Vaillant is a non-fiction author and journalist who was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has lived in Vancouver for the past thirteen years. His first book, The Golden Spruce, won the 2005 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction and the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize...
, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed - 20062006 Governor General's AwardsThe shortlisted nominees for the 2006 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 16. Winning titles were announced on November 21...
: Ross KingRoss King (author)Ross King is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. He began his career by writing two works of historical fiction in the 1990s, later turning to non-fiction, and has since written several critically acclaimed and best-selling historical works.-Novels and Books:King's first novel, Domino, ,...
, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism - 20072007 Governor General's AwardsThe shortlisted nominees for the 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 16. Winning titles were announced on November 27...
: Karolyn Smardz Frost, I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad - 20082008 Governor General's AwardsThe shortlisted nominees for the 2008 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 21, and winning titles were announced on November 18...
: Christie BlatchfordChristie BlatchfordChristie Blatchford is a Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster. She has published four non-fiction books.-Life and work:...
, Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army - 20092009 Governor General's AwardsThe shortlisted nominees for the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, and winning titles will be announced on November 17...
: M. G. VassanjiM. G. VassanjiMoyez G. Vassanji, CM is a novelist and editor, who writes under the name M. G. Vassanji. A citizen of Canada, Vassanji's identity easily straddles three continents.M. G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania...
, A Place Within: Rediscovering India
2010s
- 20102010 Governor General's AwardsThe shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 13, and winning titles were announced on November 16...
: 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