The shortlisted nominees for the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, and winning titles were announced on November 17 (see 2009 in poetry).[1] Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a copy of their book bound by Montreal bookbinder Lise Dubois.
English
Category | Winner | Nominated |
Fiction | Kate Pullinger, The Mistress of Nothing | |
Non-fiction | M. G. Vassanji, A Place Within: Rediscovering India | - Randall Hansen, Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-45
- Trevor Herriot, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
- Eric Margolis, American Raj: Liberation or Domination? (Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World)
- Eric Siblin, The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece
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Poetry | David Zieroth, The Fly in Autumn | |
Drama | Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes | |
Children's literature | Caroline Pignat, Greener Grass: The Famine Years | |
Children's illustration | Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree | |
French to English translation | Susan Ouriou, Pieces of Me (La liberte? Connais pasa, Charlotte Gingras) | |
French
Category | Winner | Nominated |
Fiction | Julie Mazzieri, Le discours sur la tombe de l'idiot | |
Non-fiction | Nicole V. Champeau, Pointe Maligne: l'infiniment oubliée | - Djemila Benhabib, Ma vie à contre-Coran: une femme témoigne sur les islamistes
- Claude Fournier, À force de vivre: mémoires
- Céline Lafontaine, La société postmortelle: la mort, l'individu et le lien social à l'ère des communications
- Charles Le Blanc, Le complexe d'Hermès: regards philosophiques sur la traduction
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Poetry | Hélène Monette, Thérèse pour joie et orchestre | |
Drama | Suzanne Lebeau, Le bruit des os qui craquent | |
Children's literature | Hervé Bouchard, Harvey | - Jocelyn Boisvert, Mort et déterré
- Pierre Chartray and Sylvie Rancourt, Simon et le chasseur de dragons
- Michèle Laframboise, La quête de Chaaas, tome 2 – Les vents de Tammerlan
- Matthieu Simard, Pavel, épisode 1 – Plus vivant que toutes les pornstars réunies
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Children's illustration | Janice Nadeau, Harvey | - Philippe Béha, Ulysse et Pénélope
- Gérard DuBois, Henri au jardin d'enfants
- Pierre Pratt, L'étoile de Sarajevo
- Rogé, La vraie histoire de Léo Pointu
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English to French translation | Paule Noyart, Le miel d'Harar (Sweetness in the Belly, Camilla Gibb) | |
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Awards by year | |
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