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
Category | Winner | Nominated |
Fiction | Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan | |
Non-fiction | Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap | - 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
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Poetry | George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems | |
Drama | Kent Stetson, The Harps of God | |
Children's literature | Arthur Slade, Dust | |
Children's illustration | Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup | - 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
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French to English translation | Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara) | |
French
Category | Winner | Nominated |
Fiction | Andrée A. Michaud, Le ravissement | |
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
- Jacques B. Gélinas, La globalisation du monde: laisser faire ou faire?
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Poetry | Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres portées | |
Drama | Normand Chaurette, Le Petit Köchel | - François Archambault, Code 99
- Réjane Charpentier, Un Autre Monde
- Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in Requiem suivi de Fausse route
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Children's literature | Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines | - Cécile Gagnon, Le chien de Pavel
- Ann Lamontagne, Les mémoires interdites
- Marthe Pelletier, Chante pour moi, Charlotte
- Jean-Michel Schembré, Le noir passage
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Children's illustration | Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants | - 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
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English to French translation | Michel Saint-Germain, No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques | - Agnès Guitard, Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique
- Maryse Warda, Motel de passage
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References
- ^ "Governor General's award follows on top of the Giller: Novelist Richard Wright has good week". Prince George Citizen, November 15, 2001.
- ^ "Urquhart, Wright get GG award nominations". The Telegram, October 24, 2001.
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English-language awards | |
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French-language awards | |
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Awards by year | |
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