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The nominees for the [[2005]] '''[[Governor General's Award]]s for Literary Merit''' were announced on [[October 17]]. Winning titles were announced on [[November 16]]. The winners |
The nominees for the [[2005]] '''[[Governor General's Award]]s for Literary Merit''' were announced on [[October 17]]. Winning titles were announced on [[November 16]]. The winners received a cheque for $15,000 and a specially crafted copy of their book bound by master [[bookbinding|bookbinder]] Lise Dubois. |
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== English-language finalists == |
== English-language finalists == |
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Revision as of 05:45, 23 May 2008
The nominees for the 2005 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 17. Winning titles were announced on November 16. The winners received a cheque for $15,000 and a specially crafted copy of their book bound by master bookbinder Lise Dubois.
English-language finalists
Fiction
Winner:
Other finalists:
- Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road
- Golda Fried, Nellcott is My Darling
- Charlotte Gill, Ladykiller
- Kathy Page, Alphabet
Poetry
Winner:
- Anne Compton, Processional
Other finalists:
- Barry Dempster, The Burning Alphabet
- Erin Mouré, Little Theatres
- W. H. New, Underwood Log
- Olive Senior, Over the Roofs of the World
Drama
Winner:
- John Mighton, Half Life
Other finalists:
- Marjorie Chan, China Doll
- Don Druick, Through the Eyes
- Daniel MacIvor, Cul-de-sac
- Richard Sanger, Two Words for Snow
Nonfiction
Winner:
- John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed
Other finalists:
- Ted Bishop, Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books
- Michael Mitchell, The Molly Fire
- Edward Shorter, Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire
- Jessica Warner, The Incendiary: The Misadventures of John the Painter, First Modern Terrorist
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Pamela Porter, The Crazy Man
Other finalists:
- Francis Chalifour, After
- Barbara Nickel, Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Gail Nyoka, Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale
- Shyam Selvadurai, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Day (Sarah L. Thomson)
Other finalists:
- Kyrsten Brooker, City Angel (Eileen Spinelli)
- Wallace Edwards, Mixed Beasts (Kenyon Cox)
- Murray Kimber, The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes)
- Rajka Kupesic, Maria Chapdelaine (Louis Hémon)
Translation (French to English)
Winner:
- Fred A. Reed, Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition (Thierry Hentsch, Raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l’imaginaire occidental)
Other finalists:
- Jane Brierley, America: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Dawn of a New Power (Denis Vaugeois, America, 1803-1853 : l’expédition de Lewis & Clark et la naissance d’une nouvelle puissance)
- Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood, Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon (Nicole Brossard, Hier)
- Wayne Grady, Return from Africa (Francine D'Amour, Le Retour d’Afrique)
- Fred A. Reed and David Homel, All that Glitters (Martine Desjardins, L'Élu du hasard)
French language finalists
Fiction
Winner:
- Aki Shimazaki, Hotaru
Other finalists:
- Marie-Claire Blais, Augustino et le chœur de la destruction
- Nicolas Dickner, Nikolski
- Christiane Frenette, Après la nuit rouge
- Guy Lalancette, Un amour empoulaillé
Poetry
Winner:
- Jean-Marc Desgent, Vingtièmes siècles
Other finalists:
- Marc André Brouillette, M'accompagne
- François Dumont, Brisures
- Danielle Fournier, Il n’y a rien d’intact dans ma chair
- Fernand Ouellette, L’Inoubliable: Chronique I
Drama
Winner:
- Geneviève Billette, Le Pays des genoux
Other finalists:
- Jean-Rock Gaudreault, Pour ceux qui croient que la Terre est ronde
- François Godin, Louisiane Nord
- Marie-Christine Lê-Huu, Jouliks
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Michel Bock, Quand la nation débordait les frontières: les minorités françaises dans la pensée de Lionel Groulx
Other finalists:
- Paul Bleteau and Mario Poirier, Le vagabond stoïque: Louis Hémon
- Gilles Dostaler, Keynes et ses combats
- Éric Méchoulan, Le livre avalé: de la littérature entre mémoire et culture (XVIe – XVIIIe siècle)
- Sébastien Vincent, Laissés dans l’ombre: les Québécois engagés volontaires de 39-45 (ou quatorze Québécois racontent leur participation volontaire à la Seconde Guerre mondiale)
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Camille Bouchard, Le Ricanement des hyènes
Other finalists:
- Alain M. Bergeron, Les Tempêtes ou Les mémoires d’un Beatle raté
- Jean-Pierre Davidts, Le Baiser de la sangsue
- Danielle Marcotte, Les sabots rouges
- Sylvain Meunier, L’homme à la bicyclette
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Isabelle Arsenault, Le cœur de monsieur Gauguin (Marie-Danielle Croteau)
Other finalists:
- Pascale Constantin, La vie comptée de Raoul Lecompte (Gilles Tibo)
- Luc Melanson, Les compositeurs (Claudio Ricignuolo)
- Stéphane Poulin, Un chant de Noël (Lucie Papineau)
- Pierre Pratt, Le jour où Zoé zozota (Pierre Pratt)
Translation - English to French
Winner:
- Rachel Martinez, Glenn Gould: une vie (Kevin Bazzana, Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould)
Other finalists:
- Benoit Léger, Miracles en série (Carol Shields, Various Miracles)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Drôle de tendresse (Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, La fille du Kamikaze (Kerri Sakamoto, One Hundred Million Hearts)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Le Vol du corbeau (Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies)