2007 Governor General's Awards

The 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented December 13.[1] The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and "a specially crafted copy of the winning book".[1]

The $25,000 cash prize had been "increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council's 50th anniversary". The publishers of winning books continued to receive $3000, the creators of losing finalists $1000.[1]

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Karolyn Smardz Frost, I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
  • Rodrigo Bascunan and Christian Pearce, Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent
  • John English, Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968
  • Stephanie Nolen, 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
  • Bridget Stutchbury, Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World's Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them
Poetry Blue ribbon Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged
Drama Blue ribbon Colleen Murphy, The December Man
Children's literature Blue ribbon Iain Lawrence, Gemini Summer
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun
French to English translation Blue ribbon Nigel Spencer, Augustino and the Choir of Destruction (Marie-Claire Blais, Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction)

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Sylvain Trudel, La mer de la tranquillité
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Annette Hayward, La querelle du régionalisme au Québec (1904-1931): Vers l'autonomisation de la littérature québécoise
  • Roland Bourneuf, Pierres de touche
  • Denise Brassard, Le souffle du passage: Poésie et essai chez Fernand Ouellette
  • André Cellard, Une toupie sur la tête: Visages de la folie à Saint-Jean-de-Dieu
  • Michel Cormier, La Russie des illusions: Regard d'un correspondent
Poetry Blue ribbon Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Seul on est
  • Martine Audet, Les manivelles
  • Mario Brassard, La somme des vents contraires
  • Catherine Fortin, Le silence est une voie navigable
  • Rino Morin Rossignol, Intifada du cœur
Drama Blue ribbon Daniel Danis, Le chant du Dire-Dire
Children's literature Blue ribbon François Barcelo, La fatigante et le fainéant
  • Sophie Gironnay, Philou, architecte et associés
  • André Leblanc, L'envers de la chanson: Des enfants au travail 1850-1950
  • Sylvain Meunier, Piercings sanglants
  • Hélène Vachon, Les saisons vues par Schouster
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Geneviève Côté, La petite rapporteuse de mots
  • Stéphane-Yves Barroux, Superbricoleur: Le roi de la clef à molette
  • Manon Gauthier, Ma maman du photomaton
  • Caroline Merola, Une nuit en ville
  • Daniel Sylvestre, Ma vie de reptile
English to French translation Blue ribbon Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Dernières notes (Tamas Dobozy, Last Notes and Other Stories)
  • Suzanne Anfossi, Trudeau: Citoyen du monde, tome 1: 1919-1968 (John English, Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968)
  • Marie Frankland, La chaise berçante (A. M. Klein, The Rocking Chair)
  • Claudine Vivier, Pas l'ombre d'une trace (Norah McClintock, Not a Trace)
  • Sophie Voillot, La fin de l'alphabet (C. S. Richardson, The End of the Alphabet)

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2007 Governor General's Literary Awards". News Releases – 2007. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 16, 2007. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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