2014 Governor General's Awards

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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.

English[]

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle[2]
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Michael Harris, The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection[2]
Poetry Blue ribbon Arleen Paré, Lake of Two Mountains[2]
Drama Blue ribbon Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays[2]
  • Rick Chafe, The Secret Mask
  • , A God in Need of Help
  • , That Elusive Spark
Children's literature Blue ribbon Raziel Reid, When Everything Feels Like the Movies[2]
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer[2]
  • Marie-Louise Gay, Any Questions?
  • , Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
  • , Once Upon a Memory
  • , Julia, Child
French to English translation Blue ribbon Peter Feldstein, Paul-Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography (François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) : biographie critique et analyse de l'œuvre)[2]

French[]

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Andrée A. Michaud, Bondrée[2]
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Tenir tête[2]
  • and Dave Corriveau, La Corriveau: De l'histoire à la légende
  • , Un défaut de fabrication
  • and Catherine Mavrikakis, Ce que dit l'écorce
  • Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Questions d'écriture: Réponses à des lecteurs
Poetry Blue ribbon José Acquelin, Anarchie de la lumière[2]
Drama Blue ribbon Carole Fréchette, Small Talk[2]
  • , Tu te souviendras de moi
  • , As is (tel quel)
  • Olivier Kemeid, Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle
  • , Histoires pour faire des cauchemars
Children's literature Blue ribbon Linda Amyot, Le jardin d'Amsterdam[2]
  • , Le Noël de Marguerite
  • , Eux
  • , Feu
  • , Fiona
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Marianne Dubuc, Le lion et l'oiseau[2]
  • , Le Noël de Marguerite
  • , Grand-mère, elle et moi…
  • , Pablo trouve un trésor
  • , Gustave
English to French translation Blue ribbon Daniel 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]

References[]

  1. ^ "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014.

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