2001 Governor General's Awards
The 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.
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan
Other Finalists:
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
- Tessa McWatt, Dragons Cry
- Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers
- Thomas Wharton, Salamander
Poetry
Winner:
- George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems
Other Finalists:
- Anne Carson, Men in the Off Hours
- Phil Hall, Trouble Sleeping
- Robert Kroetsch, The Hornbooks of Rita K.
- Steve McCaffery, Seven Pages Missing
Drama
Winner:
- Kent Stetson, The Harps of God
Other Finalists:
- Mark Brownell, Monsieur d'Eon
- Clem Martini, A Three Martini Lunch
- Michael Redhill, Building Jerusalem
- Jason Sherman, An Acre of Time: The Play
Nonfiction
Winner:
- Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap
Other Finalists:
- Susan Crean, The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr
- Ross A. Laird, Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft
- Alberto Manguel, Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate
- Jack Todd, The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Arthur Slade, Dust
Other Finalists:
- Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice
- Beth Goobie, Before Wings
- Julie Johnston, In Spite of Killer Bees
- Teresa Toten, The Game
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Mireille Levert, Island in the Soup
Other Finalists:
- Harvey Chan, Wild Bog Tea
- Murray Kimber, The Wolf of Gubbio
- Kim LaFave, We'll All Go Sailing
- Cindy Revell, Mallory and the Power Boy
Translation (French to English)
Winner:
- Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring
Other Finalists:
- Sheila Fischman, Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
- Gail Scott, The Sailor's Disquiet
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Andrée A. Michaud, Le ravissement
Other Finalists:
- Marie-Claire Blais, Dans la foudre et la lumière
- Rachel Leclerc, Ruelle Océan
Poetry
Winner:
- Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres portées
Other Finalists:
- Tania Langlais, Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme
- Hélène Monette, Un jardin dans la nuit
- Stefan Psenak, La beauté
- Jean-Philippe Raîche, Une lettre au bout du monde
Drama
Winner:
- Normand Chaurette, Le Petit Köchel
Other Finalists:
- François Archambault, Code 99
- Réjane Charpentier, Un Autre Monde
- Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in Requiem suivi de Fausse route
Nonfiction
Winner:
- Renée Dupuis, Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion
Other Finalists:
- Jacques Allard, Le roman du Québec: Histoire, perspectives, lectures
- Michel Biron, L'absence du maître : Saint-Denys Garneau, Ferron, Ducharme
- Madeleine Gagnon, Les Femmes et la guerre
- Jacques B. Gélinas, La globalisation du monde: laisser faire ou faire?
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines
Other Finalists:
- Cécile Gagnon, Le chien de Pavel
- Ann Lamontagne, Les mémoires interdites
- Marthe Pelletier, Chante pour moi, Charlotte
- Jean-Michel Schembré, Le noir passage
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants
Other Finalists:
- Marjolaine Bonenfant, L'abécédaire des animots
- Pascale Constantin, Alexis, chevalier des nuits
- Stéphane Poulin, Vieux Thomas et la petite fée
- Mylène Pratt, Le dimanche de Madame B
Translation (English to French)
Winner:
- Michel Saint-Germain, No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques
Other Finalists:
- Agnès Guitard, Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique
- Maryse Warda, Motel de passage