The shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 13,[1] and winning titles were announced on November 16.[2] Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a leatherbound copy of their book.
English
Category | Winner | Nominated |
Fiction | Dianne Warren, Cool Water | |
Non-fiction | Allan Casey, Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada | |
Poetry | Richard Greene, Boxing the Compass | |
Drama | Robert Chafe, Afterimage | |
Children's literature | Wendy Phillips, Fishtailing | - K. L. Denman, Me, Myself and Ike
- Lesley Fairfield, Tyranny
- Gina McMurchy-Barber, Free as a Bird
- Cheryl Rainfield, Scars
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Children's illustration | Jon Klassen, Cat's Night Out | - Kristin Bridgeman, Uirapuru
- Julie Flett, Owls See Clearly at Night
- Matt James, I Know Here
- Renata Liwska, The Quiet Book
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French to English translation | Linda Gaboriau, Forests (Wajdi Mouawad, Forêts) | |
French
Category | Winner | Nominated |
Fiction | Kim Thúy, Ru | |
Non-fiction | Michel Lavoie, C'est ma seigneurie que je réclame : la lutte des Hurons de Lorette pour la seigneurie de Sillery, 1650-1900 | - René-Daniel Dubois, Morceaux : entretiens sur l'écho du monde, l'imaginaire et l'écriture
- Marie McAndrew, Les majorités fragiles et l'éducation : Belgique, Catalogne, Irlande du Nord, Québec
- Pierre Ouellet, Où suis-je ? Paroles des égarés
- Yvon Rivard, Une idée simple
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Poetry | Danielle Fournier, effleurés de lumière | - Francis Catalano, qu'une lueur des lieux
- Marie-Josée Charest, Rien que la guerre, c'est tout
- Carole David, Manuel de poétique à l'intention des jeunes filles
- Pierre Nepveu, Les verbes majeurs
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Drama | David Paquet, Porc-épic | |
Children's literature | Élise Turcotte, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie | - Michel Noël, Nishka
- Patrice Robitaille, Le Chenil
- Yves Steinmetz, La Chamane de bois-rouge
- Alain Ulysse Tremblay, Le dernier été
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Children's illustration | Daniel Sylvestre, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie | - Josée Bisaillon, Le funambule
- Virginie Egger, Mon premier amour
- Manon Gauthier, Triste sort
- Melinda Josie, Le géranium
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English to French translation | Sophie Voillot, Le cafard (Rawi Hage, Cockroach) | - Geneviève Letarte and Alison L. Strayer, Rencontres fortuites (Mavis Gallant, A Fairly Good Time)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Sale argent : petit traité d'économie à l'intention des détracteurs du capitalisme (Joseph Heath, Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Les Troutman volants (Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans)
- Claudine Vivier, L'exode des loups (Sharon Stewart, Wolf Rider)
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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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