Governor General's Literary Award2011

Given by Canada Council for the Arts

Other Names: Prix du Gouverneur général (French)
44 Works 9,749 Books 733 Reviews ½ 3.8
Each year, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Governor General of Canada collaborate to honour the finest in Canadian literature. The categories are: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, show more children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (797), Honour Book (15), Finalist (1,593), Shortlist (5), Nominee (3)
Categories:
All, Children's Literature (3), Children's Literature-French (5), Children's Literature-Illustration (24), Children's Literature-Illustration, Stéphane Jorisch, illustrator (1), Children's literature (8), Children's literature, French (2), Children’s Literature — Illustration (English) (1), Children’s Literature — Illustration (French) (1), Citation, Juvenile (1), Drama (4), Drama (?) (2), Drama (English) (72), Drama (French) (52), English Children's Literature – Text (4), Essays (English) (1), Essays (French) (4), Fiction (English) (243), Fiction (French) (76), French to English translation (107), Honour Book Children's Literature-Illustration (1), Juvenile (8), Littérature jeunesse - illustrations & Littérature jeunesse - texte (1), Non-fiction (English) (260), Non-fiction (French) (54), Poetry (3), Poetry (English) (96), Poetry (French) (50), Poetry or Drama (53), Poésie et théâtre (16), Romans et nouvelles (12), Translation (9), Translation (English to French) (150), Translation (French to English) (57), Translation (French to Englsih) (1), Vols. 1 & 2, Non-fiction (1), Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books (4), Young People's Literature - Text (4), Young People's Literature - Text (English) (1), Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (24), Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (English) (19), Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (French) (40), Young People’s Literature — Illustrated Books, French (1), Young People’s Literature — Text (49), Young People’s Literature — Text (English) (17), Young People’s Literature — Text (French) (40), Études et essais (21), No Category (13)
Years:
All, 2023 (70), 2022 (70), 2021 (30), 2020 (30), 2019 (46), 2018 (43), 2017 (38), 2016 (42), 2015 (31), 2014 (40), 2013 (39), 2012 (39), 2011 (44), 2010 (42), 2009 (32), 2008 (31), 2007 (33), 2006 (32), 2005 (31), 2004 (28), 2003 (32), 2002 (36), 2001 (35), 2000 (27), 1999 (27), 1998 (28), 1997 (31), 1996 (42), 1995 (29), 1994 (28), 1993 (28), 1992 (29), 1991 (30), 1990 (28), 1989 (22), 1988 (26), 1987 (27), 1986 (14), 1985 (14), 1984 (15), 1983 (13), 1982 (12), 1981 (10), 1980 (11), 1979 (10), 1978 (6), 1977 (6), 1976 (6), 1975 (6), 1974 (7), 1973 (6), 1972 (6), 1971 (6), 1970 (10), 1969 (7), 1968 (7), 1967 (6), 1966 (6), 1965 (5), 1964 (6), 1963 (6), 1962 (6), 1961 (5), 1960 (5), 1959 (4), 1958 (5), 1957 (5), 1956 (5), 1955 (5), 1954 (5), 1953 (5), 1952 (5), 1951 (4), 1950 (5), 1949 (5), 1948 (5), 1947 (4), 1946 (4), 1945 (4), 1944 (4), 1943 (4), 1942 (4), 1941 (3), 1940 (3), 1939 (3), 1938 (3), 1937 (3), 1936 (2)

Winner 14

WorkCategoryYear
If We Were Birds by Erin ShieldsDrama (English)2011
Ce qui meurt en dernier by Normand ChauretteDrama (French)2011
wanderer : essai sur le voyage d'hiver de franz schubert by Georges LerouxEssays (French)2011
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittFiction (English)2011
Kolia by Perrine LeblancFiction (French)2011
Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles ForanNon-fiction (English)2011
Killdeer: essay-poems by Phil HallPoetry (English)2011
Plus haut que les flammes by Louise DupréPoetry (French)2011
Toxique ou L'incident dans l'autobus by Greg MacArthurTranslation (English to French)2011
Partita for Glenn Gould : an inquiry into the nature of genius by Georges LerouxTranslation (French to English)2011
From Then to Now: A Short History of the World by Christopher MooreYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (English)2011
Ten Birds by Cybele YoungYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (English)2011
Lili et les poilus (souple) by Caroline MerolaYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (French)2011
Les aventures de Radisson, t. 01 by Martin FournierYoung People’s Literature — Text (French)2011

Finalist 44

WorkCategoryYear
If We Were Birds by Erin ShieldsDrama (English)2011
Minor Complications: Two Plays by Brendan GallDrama (English)2011
House of Many Tongues by Jonathan GarfinkelDrama (English)2011
Gas Girls by Bernard St., Donna MichelleDrama (English)2011
Lenin's Embalmers by Vern ThiessenDrama (English)2011
Ce qui meurt en dernier by Normand ChauretteDrama (French)2011
wanderer : essai sur le voyage d'hiver de franz schubert by Georges LerouxEssays (French)2011
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittFiction (English)2011
The Free World by David BezmozgisFiction (English)2011
Half Blood Blues by Esi EdugyanFiction (English)2011
The Little Shadows by Marina EndicottFiction (English)2011
Touch by Alexi ZentnerFiction (English)2011
Kolia by Perrine LeblancFiction (French)2011
Exit by Nelly ArcanFrench to English translation2011
Dirty Feet by Edem AwumeyFrench to English translation2011
Meridian Line by Paul BelangerFrench to English translation2011
Apocalypse for Beginners by Nicolas DicknerFrench to English translation2011
Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles ForanNon-fiction (English)2011
The Damned by Nathan M. GreenfieldNon-fiction (English)2011
John A: The Man Who Made Us by Richard J. GwynNon-fiction (English)2011
The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit by Jj LeeNon-fiction (English)2011
Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests by Andrew NikiforukNon-fiction (English)2011
Killdeer: essay-poems by Phil HallPoetry (English)2011
Cosmographia: A Post-Lucrecian Faux Micro-Epic by Michael BoughnPoetry (English)2011
Fieldnotes, a Forensic by Kate EichhornPoetry (English)2011
Discovery Passages by Garry Thomas MorsePoetry (English)2011
Origami Dove by Susan MusgravePoetry (English)2011
Plus haut que les flammes by Louise DupréPoetry (French)2011
Toxique ou L'incident dans l'autobus by Greg MacArthurTranslation (English to French)2011
Going Ashore by Mavis GallantTranslation (English to French)2011
Le droit chemin by David HomelTranslation (English to French)2011
Partita for Glenn Gould : an inquiry into the nature of genius by Georges LerouxTranslation (French to English)2011
Fishing with Gubby by Gary KentYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books2011
Red Wagon by Renata LiwskaYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books2011
Migrant by Maxine TrottierYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books2011
Along a Long Road by Frank VivaYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books2011
From Then to Now: A Short History of the World by Christopher MooreYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (English)2011
Ten Birds by Cybele YoungYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (English)2011
Lili et les poilus (souple) by Caroline MerolaYoung People’s Literature — Illustrated Books (French)2011
A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan CoatesYoung People’s Literature — Text2011
No Ordinary Day by Deborah EllisYoung People’s Literature — Text2011
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth OppelYoung People’s Literature — Text2011
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-JonesYoung People’s Literature — Text2011
Les aventures de Radisson, t. 01 by Martin FournierYoung People’s Literature — Text (French)2011

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Each year, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Governor General of Canada collaborate to honour the finest in Canadian literature. The categories are: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation. (English, Member-written)
Each year, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Governor General of Canada collaborate to honour the finest in Canadian literature. The categories are: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation (English, Member-written)

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