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Canadian literary award
The shortlisted nominees for the 2020 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on May 4, 2021,[1] and the winners were announced on June 1.[2] Ordinarily the award shortlists and winners would have been named in fall 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada .
English [ ]
Category
Winner
Nominated
Fiction
Michelle Good , Five Little Indians
Non-fiction
Madhur Anand , This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart
Poetry
Anne Carson , Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
Drama
Kim Senklip Harvey , Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story
Children's literature
Eric Walters , The King of Jam Sandwiches
, Nevers
Polly Horvath , Pine Island Home
and , Harvey Holds His Own
David A. Robertson , The Barren Grounds
Children's illustration
The Fan Brothers , The Barnabus Project
French to English translation
Lazer Lederhendler , If You Hear Me (Pascale Quiviger , Si tu m'entends )
Oana Avasilichioaei , The Neptune Room (, La chambre neptune )
, Amaryllis & Little Witch (, Vipérine and Petit sorcière )
, The Country Will Bring Us No Peace (, Ici, ailleurs )
, Back Roads (Andrée A. Michaud , Routes secondaires )
French [ ]
Category
Winner
Nominated
Fiction
Sophie Létourneau , Chasse à l'homme
Non-fiction
Frédérique Bernier , Hantises
, Le rapt ontologique
, Une épine empourprée
, Nous sommes le soleil
, De préférence la nuit
Poetry
Martine Audet , La Société des cendres
, Déblais
, Et là, mon père suivi de Et là, ma mère
, L'Amour des oiseaux moches
, Les visages de la terre
Drama
Martin Bellemare , Cœur minéral
(Louisa Naluiyuk, Akinisie Novalinga, Mélodie Duplessis, Audrey Alasuak and Samantha Leclerc), Aalaapi, faire silence pour entendre quelque chose de beau
, Sucré seize (Huit filles)
Olivier Choinière , Zoé
, AmericanDream.ca
Children's literature
François Blais , Lac Adélard
, Cicatrices
, L'Ogre et l'enfant
, Il faut du tout pour faire un monstre
, Rap pour violoncelle seul
Children's illustration
Katia Canciani and Guillaume Perreault , Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire
English to French translation
Georgette LeBlanc , Océan (Susan Goyette , Ocean )
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