2014 Governor General's Awards


The shortlisted nominees for the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2014,[1] and the winners were announced on November 18.[2] Each winner was awarded $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.




Contents





  • 1 English


  • 2 French


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




English


























Category
Winner
Nominated

Fiction

Blue ribbonThomas King, The Back of the Turtle[2]

  • Michael Crummey, Sweetland


  • Bill Gaston, Juliet Was a Surprise


  • Claire Holden Rothman, My October


  • Joan Thomas, The Opening Sky


Non-fiction

Blue ribbonMichael Harris, The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection[2]

  • Arno Kopecky, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway


  • Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo, Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History


  • Maria Mutch, Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours


Poetry

Blue ribbonArleen Paré, Lake of Two Mountains[2]

  • Christopher Levenson, Night Vision


  • Garth Martens, Prologue for the Age of Consequence


  • Sadiqa de Meijer, Leaving Howe Island


  • Julie Joosten, Light Light


Drama

Blue ribbonJordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays[2]

  • Rick Chafe, The Secret Mask


  • Sean Dixon, A God in Need of Help


  • Janet Munsil, That Elusive Spark


Children's literature

Blue ribbonRaziel Reid, When Everything Feels Like the Movies[2]

  • Jonathan Auxier, The Night Gardener


  • Lesley Choyce, Jeremy Stone


  • Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Skraelings


  • Mariko Tamaki, This One Summer


Children's illustration

Blue ribbonJillian Tamaki, This One Summer[2]

  • Marie-Louise Gay, Any Questions?


  • Qin Leng, Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin


  • Renata Liwska, Once Upon a Memory


  • Julie Morstad, Julia, Child


French to English translation

Blue ribbonPeter Feldstein, Paul-Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography (François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) : biographie critique et analyse de l'œuvre)[2]

  • Sheila Fischman, Wonder (Dominique Fortier, Les larmes de saint Laurent)


  • Linda Gaboriau, Christina, The Girl King (Michel Marc Bouchard, Christine, la reine-garçon)


  • Maureen Labonté, And Slowly Beauty (Michel Nadeau, Lentement la beauté)


  • Rhonda Mullins, Guyana (Élise Turcotte, Guyana)


French


























Category
Winner
Nominated

Fiction

Blue ribbonAndrée A. Michaud, Bondrée[2]

  • Michael Delisle, Le Feu de mon père


  • Alain Farah, Pourquoi Bologne


  • Robert Lalonde, C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier


  • Larry Tremblay, L'orangeraie


Non-fiction

Blue ribbonGabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Tenir tête[2]

  • Catherine Ferland and Dave Corriveau, La Corriveau: De l'histoire à la légende


  • Bertrand Gervais, Un défaut de fabrication


  • Nicolas Lévesque and Catherine Mavrikakis, Ce que dit l'écorce


  • Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Questions d'écriture: Réponses à des lecteurs


Poetry

Blue ribbonJosé Acquelin, Anarchie de la lumière[2]

  • Joséphine Bacon, Un thé dans la toundra/Nipishapui nete mushuat


  • Paul Chanel Malenfant, Toujours jamais


  • Georgette LeBlanc, Prudent


  • Julie Stanton, Mémorial pour Geneviève et autres tombeaux


Drama

Blue ribbonCarole Fréchette, Small Talk[2]

  • François Archambault, Tu te souviendras de moi


  • Simon Boudreault, As is (tel quel)


  • Olivier Kemeid, Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle


  • Étienne Lepage, Histoires pour faire des cauchemars


Children's literature

Blue ribbonLinda Amyot, Le jardin d'Amsterdam[2]

  • India Desjardins, Le Noël de Marguerite


  • Patrick Isabelle, Eux


  • Jean-François Sénéchal, Feu


  • Mélanie Tellier, Fiona


Children's illustration

Blue ribbonMarianne Dubuc, Le lion et l'oiseau[2]

  • Pascal Blanchet, Le Noël de Marguerite


  • Manon Gauthier, Grand-mère, elle et moi…


  • Isabelle Malenfant, Pablo trouve un trésor


  • Pierre Pratt, Gustave


English to French translation

Blue ribbonDaniel Poliquin, L'Indien malcommode: un portrait inattendu des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord (Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America)[2]

  • Éric Fontaine, Les Blondes (Emily Schultz, The Blondes)


  • Hervé Juste, Poisson d'avril (Josip Novakovich, April Fool's Day)


  • Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, La femme Hokusai (Katherine Govier, The Ghost Brush)

  • Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Une brève histoire des Indiens au Canada (Thomas King, A Short History of Indians in Canada)


References




  1. ^ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.


  2. ^ abcdefghijklmno "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014.




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