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{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
The '''2003 [[Governor General's Award]]s for Literary Merit''': Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 20, the four children's literature winners announced and presented November 10, other winners announced and presented November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.<ref name=finalists/>
The '''2003 [[Governor General's Award]]s for Literary Merit''': Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 20, the four children's literature winners announced and presented November 10, other winners announced and presented November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.<ref>"Douglas Glover wins Gov. Gen.'s Literary Award for English fiction: Canadian living in New York State won prize for Elle, a fictionalized account of Gulf of St. Lawrence castaway". ''[[Cape Breton Post]]'', November 13, 2003.</ref>


The separate announcement and presentation of children's literature awards – four, recognizing text and illustration in English- and French-language books – was a novelty in 2003 (continued for at least a few years).<!-- mentioned in finalist releases 2004 and 2005 --> The event at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence in Ottawa, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 on a Monday morning. "Children from across the National Capital Region will be invited to attend the event, which will also include readings and workshops related to children's literature."<ref name=finalists/>
The separate announcement and presentation of children's literature awards – four, recognizing text and illustration in English- and French-language books – was a novelty in 2003 (continued for at least a few years).<!-- mentioned in finalist releases 2004 and 2005 --> The event at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence in Ottawa, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 on a Monday morning. "Children from across the National Capital Region will be invited to attend the event, which will also include readings and workshops related to children's literature."<ref name=finalists/>


==English-language finalists==
==English==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"

!width=15%|Category
===Fiction===
!width=30%|Winner
*'''[[Douglas Glover (writer)|Douglas Glover]]''', '''''Elle'''''
!width=55%|Nominated
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction|Fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Douglas Glover (writer)|Douglas Glover]], ''Elle'''''
|
*[[Margaret Atwood]], ''[[Oryx and Crake]]''
*[[Margaret Atwood]], ''[[Oryx and Crake]]''
*[[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]], ''Garbo Laughs''
*[[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]], ''Garbo Laughs''
*[[Jean McNeil]], ''Private View''
*[[Jean McNeil]], ''Private View''
*[[Edeet Ravel]], ''Ten Thousand Lovers''
*[[Edeet Ravel]], ''Ten Thousand Lovers''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]]
===Poetry===
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Margaret MacMillan]], ''[[Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World]]'''''
*'''[[Tim Lilburn]]''', '''''Kill-site'''''
|
*[[Andrew Clark (author)|Andrew Clark]], ''A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle''
*[[Andrew Cohen (journalist)|Andrew Cohen]], ''While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World''
*[[Maggie de Vries]], ''Vancouver, for Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister''
*[[Ross King (author)|Ross King]], ''Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry|Poetry]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Tim Lilburn]], ''Kill-site'''''
|
*[[Tim Bowling]], ''The Witness Ghost''
*[[Tim Bowling]], ''The Witness Ghost''
*[[Evan Jones (Canadian poet)|Evan Jones]], ''Nothing Fell Today But Rain''
*[[Evan Jones (Canadian poet)|Evan Jones]], ''Nothing Fell Today But Rain''
*[[Anne Simpson]], ''Loop''
*[[Anne Simpson]], ''Loop''
*[[Tom Wayman]], ''My Father's Cup''
*[[Tom Wayman]], ''My Father's Cup''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language drama|Drama]]
===Drama===
*'''[[Vern Thiessen]]''', '''''[[Einstein's Gift]]'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Vern Thiessen]], ''[[Einstein's Gift]]'''''
|
*[[Marie Clements]], ''Burning Vision''
*[[Marie Clements]], ''Burning Vision''
*[[Brian Drader]], ''Prok''
*[[Brian Drader]], ''Prok''
*[[Sunil Kuruvilla]], ''Rice Boy''
*[[Sunil Kuruvilla]], ''Rice Boy''
*[[Michael MacLennan]], ''Last Romantics''
*[[Michael MacLennan]], ''Last Romantics''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature|Children's literature]]
===Non-fiction===
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Glen Huser]], ''Stitches'''''
*'''[[Margaret MacMillan]]''', '''''[[Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World]]'''''
|
*[[Andrew Clark (author)|Andrew Clark]], ''A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle''
*[[Andrew Cohen (journalist)|Andrew Cohen]], ''While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World''
*[[Maggie de Vries]], ''Vancouver, for Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister''
*[[Ross King (author)|Ross King]], ''Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling''

===Children's literature (text)===
*'''[[Glen Huser]]''', '''''Stitches'''''
*[[Sarah Ellis (author)|Sarah Ellis]], ''The Several Lives of Orphan Jack''
*[[Sarah Ellis (author)|Sarah Ellis]], ''The Several Lives of Orphan Jack''
*[[Barbara Haworth-Attard]], ''Theories of Relativity''
*[[Barbara Haworth-Attard]], ''Theories of Relativity''
*[[Kevin Major]], ''Ann and Seamus''
*[[Kevin Major]], ''Ann and Seamus''
*[[Judd Palmer]], ''The Maestro''
*[[Judd Palmer]], ''The Maestro''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]
===Children's literature (illustration)===
*'''[[Allen Sapp]]''', '''''[[The Song Within My Heart]]'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Allen Sapp]], ''[[The Song Within My Heart]]'''''
|
*[[Nicolas Debon]], ''Four Pictures by Emily Carr''
*[[Nicolas Debon]], ''Four Pictures by Emily Carr''
*[[Rob Gonsalves]], ''Imagine a Night''
*[[Rob Gonsalves]], ''Imagine a Night''
*[[Barbara Reid]], ''The Subway Mouse''
*[[Barbara Reid]], ''The Subway Mouse''
*[[Ludmila Zeman]], ''Sindbad's Secret: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights''
*[[Ludmila Zeman]], ''Sindbad's Secret: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights''
|-

===French-to-English translation===
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French to English translation|French to English translation]]
*'''[[Jane Brierley]]''', '''''Memoirs of a Less Travelled Road: A Historian's Life'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jane Brierley]], ''Memoirs of a Less Travelled Road: A Historian's Life'''''
|
*[[Patricia Claxton]], ''[[A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali]]''
*[[Patricia Claxton]], ''[[A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali]]''
*[[Jo-Anne Elder]], ''Tales from Dog Island: St. Pierre et Miquelon''
*[[Jo-Anne Elder]], ''Tales from Dog Island: St. Pierre et Miquelon''
*[[David Homel]] and [[Fred A. Reed]], ''The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle''
*[[David Homel]] and [[Fred A. Reed]], ''The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle''
*[[Susan Ouriou]], ''Necessary Betrayals''
*[[Susan Ouriou]], ''Necessary Betrayals''
|}


==French-language finalists==
==French==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"

!width=15%|Category
===Fiction===
!width=30%|Winner
*'''[[Élise Turcotte]]''', '''{{lang|fr|La maison étrangère}}'''
!width=55%|Nominated
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction|Fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Élise Turcotte]], {{lang|fr|La maison étrangère}}'''
|
*[[Jean-François Chassay]], ''{{lang|fr|L'Angle mort}}''
*[[Jean-François Chassay]], ''{{lang|fr|L'Angle mort}}''
*[[Marie Gagnier]], {{lang|fr|Console-moi}}
*[[Marie Gagnier]], {{lang|fr|Console-moi}}
*[[Gaétan Soucy]], ''Music-Hall!''
*[[Gaétan Soucy]], ''Music-Hall!''
*[[Larry Tremblay]], {{lang|fr|Le Mangeur de bicyclette}}
*[[Larry Tremblay]], {{lang|fr|Le Mangeur de bicyclette}}
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]]
===Poetry===
*'''[[Pierre Nepveu]]''', '''{{lang|fr|Lignes aériennes}}'''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Thierry Hentsch]], ''{{lang|fr|Raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l'imaginaire occidental}}''
|
*[[Michel Morin]], {{lang|fr|Vertige! et autres essais a-politiques}}
*[[Louise Prescott]], ''{{lang|fr|Le complexe d'Ulysse : signifiance et micropolitique dans la pratique de l'art}}''
*[[François Ricard]], ''{{lang|fr|Le dernier après-midi d'Agnès: essai sur l'oeuvre de Milan Kundera}}''
*[[Régine Robin]], {{lang|fr|La mémoire saturée}}
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language poetry|Poetry]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Pierre Nepveu]], {{lang|fr|Lignes aériennes}}'''
|
*[[Nicole Brossard]], {{lang|fr|Cahier de roses & de civilisation}}
*[[Nicole Brossard]], {{lang|fr|Cahier de roses & de civilisation}}
*[[Carle Coppens]], {{lang|fr|Le grand livre des entorses}}
*[[Carle Coppens]], {{lang|fr|Le grand livre des entorses}}
*[[Benoît Jutras (writer)|Benoît Jutras]], {{lang|fr|Nous serons sans voix}}
*[[Benoît Jutras (writer)|Benoît Jutras]], {{lang|fr|Nous serons sans voix}}
*[[Louis-Jean Thibault]], {{lang|fr|Géographie des lointains}}
*[[Louis-Jean Thibault]], {{lang|fr|Géographie des lointains}}
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language drama|Drama]]
===Drama===
*'''[[Jean-Rock Gaudreault]]''', '''{{lang|fr|Deux pas vers les étoiles}}'''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jean-Rock Gaudreault]], {{lang|fr|Deux pas vers les étoiles}}'''
|
*[[François Archambault]], {{lang|fr|La société des loisirs}}
*[[François Archambault]], {{lang|fr|La société des loisirs}}
*[[François Létourneau]], ''Cheech''
*[[François Létourneau]], ''Cheech''
*[[Wajdi Mouawad]], ''[[Incendies (play)|Incendies]]''
*[[Wajdi Mouawad]], ''[[Incendies (play)|Incendies]]''
*[[Jean-Pierre Ronfard]], {{lang|fr|Écriture pour le théâtre, tome III}}
*[[Jean-Pierre Ronfard]], {{lang|fr|Écriture pour le théâtre, tome III}}
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature|Children's literature]]
===Non-fiction===
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Danielle Simard]], ''J'ai vendu ma soeur'''''
*'''[[Thierry Hentsch]]''', '''''{{lang|fr|Raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l'imaginaire occidental}}'''''
|
*[[Michel Morin]], {{lang|fr|Vertige! et autres essais a-politiques}}
*[[Louise Prescott]], ''{{lang|fr|Le complexe d'Ulysse : signifiance et micropolitique dans la pratique de l'art}}''
*[[François Ricard]], ''{{lang|fr|Le dernier après-midi d'Agnès: essai sur l'oeuvre de Milan Kundera}}''
*[[Régine Robin]], {{lang|fr|La mémoire saturée}}

===Children's literature (text)===
*'''[[Danielle Simard]]''', '''''J'ai vendu ma soeur'''''
*[[Mélissa Anctil]], ''Gigi''
*[[Mélissa Anctil]], ''Gigi''
*[[Roger Des Roches]], ''Marie Quatdoigts''
*[[Roger Des Roches]], ''Marie Quatdoigts''
*[[Laurent Grimon]], ''Le chevalier des Arbres''
*[[Laurent Grimon]], ''Le chevalier des Arbres''
*[[Paul Chanel Malenfant]], ''Si tu allais quelque part''
*[[Paul Chanel Malenfant]], ''Si tu allais quelque part''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]
===Children's literature (illustration)===
*'''[[Virginie Egger]]''', '''''Recette d'éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Virginie Egger]], ''Recette d'éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu'''''
|
*[[Geneviève Côté]], ''Le Premier Printemps du monde''
*[[Geneviève Côté]], ''Le Premier Printemps du monde''
*[[Gérard DuBois]], ''Le piano muet''
*[[Gérard DuBois]], ''Le piano muet''
*[[Stéphane Jorisch]], ''Thésée et le Minotaure''
*[[Stéphane Jorisch]], ''Thésée et le Minotaure''
*[[Stéphane Poulin]], ''Annabel et la Bête''
*[[Stéphane Poulin]], ''Annabel et la Bête''
|-

===English-to-French translation===
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English to French translation|English to French translation]]
*'''[[Agnès Guitard]]''', '''''Un amour de Salomé'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Agnès Guitard]], ''Un amour de Salomé'''''
|
*[[Yolande Amzallag]], ''Le canari éthique: science, société et esprit humain''
*[[Yolande Amzallag]], ''Le canari éthique: science, société et esprit humain''
*[[Paule Noyart]], ''L'Or bleu: l'eau, nouvel enjeu stratégique et commercial''
*[[Paule Noyart]], ''L'Or bleu: l'eau, nouvel enjeu stratégique et commercial''
*[[Hélène Paré]], ''L'histoire spectacle: le cas du tricentenaire de Québec''
*[[Hélène Paré]], ''L'histoire spectacle: le cas du tricentenaire de Québec''
*[[Lori Saint-Martin]] and [[Paul Gagné (translator)|Paul Gagné]], ''L'analyste''
*[[Lori Saint-Martin]] and [[Paul Gagné (translator)|Paul Gagné]], ''L'analyste''
|}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:37, 25 October 2023

The 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 20, the four children's literature winners announced and presented November 10, other winners announced and presented November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.[1]

The separate announcement and presentation of children's literature awards – four, recognizing text and illustration in English- and French-language books – was a novelty in 2003 (continued for at least a few years). The event at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence in Ottawa, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 on a Monday morning. "Children from across the National Capital Region will be invited to attend the event, which will also include readings and workshops related to children's literature."[2]

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Douglas Glover, Elle
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Margaret MacMillan, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
  • Andrew Clark, A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle
  • Andrew Cohen, While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World
  • Maggie de Vries, Vancouver, for Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister
  • Ross King, Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
Poetry Blue ribbon Tim Lilburn, Kill-site
Drama Blue ribbon Vern Thiessen, Einstein's Gift
Children's literature Blue ribbon Glen Huser, Stitches
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart
French to English translation Blue ribbon Jane Brierley, Memoirs of a Less Travelled Road: A Historian's Life

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Élise Turcotte, La maison étrangère
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Thierry Hentsch, Raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l'imaginaire occidental
Poetry Blue ribbon Pierre Nepveu, Lignes aériennes
Drama Blue ribbon Jean-Rock Gaudreault, Deux pas vers les étoiles
Children's literature Blue ribbon Danielle Simard, J'ai vendu ma soeur
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Virginie Egger, Recette d'éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu
English to French translation Blue ribbon Agnès Guitard, Un amour de Salomé

References

  1. ^ "Douglas Glover wins Gov. Gen.'s Literary Award for English fiction: Canadian living in New York State won prize for Elle, a fictionalized account of Gulf of St. Lawrence castaway". Cape Breton Post, November 13, 2003.
  2. ^ "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2003 Governor General's Literary Awards". News Releases – 2003. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 20, 2003. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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