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.[1] Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.[2]
English-language finalists[]
Fiction[]
- Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
- Tessa McWatt, Dragons Cry
- Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers
- Thomas Wharton, Salamander
Poetry[]
- George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems
- Anne Carson, Men in the Off Hours
- Phil Hall, Trouble Sleeping
- Robert Kroetsch, The Hornbooks of Rita K.
- Steve McCaffery, Seven Pages Missing
Drama[]
- Kent Stetson, The Harps of God
- Mark Brownell, Monsieur d'Eon
- , A Three Martini Lunch
- Michael Redhill, Building Jerusalem
- Jason Sherman, An Acre of Time: The Play
Non-fiction[]
- Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap
- , The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr
- , 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)[]
- Arthur Slade, Dust
- Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice
- Beth Goobie, Before Wings
- Julie Johnston, In Spite of Killer Bees
- Teresa Toten, The Game
Children's literature (illustration)[]
- Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup
- , Wild Bog Tea
- , The Wolf of Gubbio
- Kim LaFave, We'll All Go Sailing
- , Mallory and the Power Boy
French-to-English translation[]
- Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara)
- Sheila Fischman, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (Gaétan Soucy, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)
- Gail Scott, The Sailor's Disquiet (Michael Delisle, Le Désarroi du matelot)
French-language finalists[]
Fiction[]
- Andrée A. Michaud, Le ravissement
- Marie-Claire Blais, Dans la foudre et la lumière
- Rachel Leclerc, Ruelle Océan
Poetry[]
- Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres portées
- Tania Langlais, Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme
- Hélène Monette, Un jardin dans la nuit
- Stefan Psenak, La beauté
- , Une lettre au bout du monde
Drama[]
- Normand Chaurette, Le Petit Köchel
- , Code 99
- , Un Autre Monde
- , "Requiem", in Requiem suivi de Fausse route
Non-fiction[]
- Renée Dupuis, Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion
- 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
- , La globalisation du monde: laisser faire ou faire?
Children's literature (text)[]
- Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines
- Cécile Gagnon, Le chien de Pavel
- , Les mémoires interdites
- , Chante pour moi, Charlotte
- , Le noir passage
Children's literature (illustration)[]
- , Fidèles éléphants
- , L'abécédaire des animots
- , Alexis, chevalier des nuits
- Stéphane Poulin, Vieux Thomas et la petite fée
- , Le dimanche de Madame B
English-to-French translation[]
- , No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques
- , Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique
- Maryse Warda, Motel de passage
References[]
- ^ "Governor General to honour Canada's most distinguished writers tomorrow at Rideau Hall". The Governor General of Canada. 2001-11-13. Archived from the original on 2001-11-19. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "The Canada Council for the Arts announces the winners of the 2001 Governor General's Literary Awards". Canada Council for the Arts. 2001-11-14. Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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