Governor General's Literary AwardTranslation (French to English)

Given by Canada Council for the Arts

Other Names: Prix du Gouverneur général (French)
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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, 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 (5), 2022 (5), 2021 (4), 2020 (5), 2019 (4), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (5), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1)

Winner 35

WorkYear
Rosa's Very Own Personal Revolution (Qc Fiction) by Éric Dupont2023
History of the Jews in Quebec (Canadian Studies) by Pierre Anctil2022
This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu2021
If You Hear Me (Biblioasis International Translation Series, 28) by Pascale Quiviger2020
Tous des oiseaux by Wajdi Mouawad2019
Descent into night by Edem Awumey2018
Readopolis by Bertrand Laverdure2017
The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux2016
Twenty-One Cardinals by Jocelyne Saucier2015
Paul-Emile Borduas by François-Marc Gagnon2014
The Major Verbs by Pierre Nepveu2013
Mai at the Predators' Ball by Marie-Claire Blais2012
Partita for Glenn Gould : an inquiry into the nature of genius by Georges Leroux2011
Pieces of Me by Charlotte Gingras2009
Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner2008
Augustino and the Choir of Destruction by Marie-Claire Blais2007
Vetiver by Joël Des Rosiers2006
Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition by Thierry Hentsch2005
Memoirs of a less traveled road : a historian's life by Marcel Trudel2003
Thunder and Light by Marie-Claire Blais2002
Fairy Ring by Martine Desjardins2001
Just Fine by France Daigle2000
Gabrielle Roy: A Life by François Ricard1999
Bambi and Me by Michel Tremblay1998
The Eugelionne by Louky Bersianik1997
Cendres de cailloux by Daniel Danis1996
Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? by Dany Laferrière1995
The lyric generation: The life and times of the baby boomers by François Ricard1994
Categorics: 1, 2 & 3 by Normand de Bellefeuille1993
Imagining the Middle East by Thierry Hentsch1992
A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z by Bernard Dupriez1991
Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence (Dossier Quebec Series) by Phillipe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspe1990
On the Eighth Day by Antonine Maillet1989
Second chance: The inspiring story of one woman's fight for life by Diane Hébert1988
Enchantment and sorrow : the autobiography of Gabrielle Roy by Gabrielle Roy1987

Finalist 57

WorkYear
Rosa's Very Own Personal Revolution (Qc Fiction) by Éric Dupont2023
DESORMAIS, MA DEMEURE by Nicholas Dawson2023
OKINUM by Monnet Emilie2023
Kukum by Michel Jean2023
Alone: The Journeys of Three Young Refugees by tompaul2023
History of the Jews in Quebec (Canadian Studies) by Pierre Anctil2022
Remnants by Céline Huyghebaert2022
This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle2022
On nous appelait les sauvages : Souvenirs et espoirs d'un chef héréditaire algonquin by Dominique Rankin2022
White Resin by Audrée Wilhelmy2022
This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu2021
People, State, and War under the French Regime in Canada (McGill-Queen’s French Atlantic Worlds Series) by Louise Dechêne2021
A Cemetery for Bees by Alina Dumitrescu2021
The Lover, the Lake by Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau2021
If You Hear Me (Biblioasis International Translation Series, 28) by Pascale Quiviger2020
Vipérine by Pascal Brullemans2020
The Neptune Room by Bertrand Laverdure2020
Back Roads by Andrée A. Michaud2020
The country will bring us no peace by Matthieu Simard2020
Tous des oiseaux by Wajdi Mouawad2019
Synapses by Simon Brousseau2019
887 by Robert Lepage2019
Vi by Kim Thúy2019
Descent into night by Edem Awumey2018
Readopolis by Bertrand Laverdure2017
The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux2016
Twenty-One Cardinals by Jocelyne Saucier2015
Arvida by Samuel Archibald2015
Captive by Claudine Dumont2015
The Lake by Perrine Leblanc2015
Stolen Sisters: The Story of Two Missing Girls, Their Families, and How Canada Has Failed Indigenous Women by Emmanuelle Walter2015
Paul-Emile Borduas by François-Marc Gagnon2014
The Major Verbs by Pierre Nepveu2013
Mai at the Predators' Ball by Marie-Claire Blais2012
Partita for Glenn Gould : an inquiry into the nature of genius by Georges Leroux2011
Pieces of Me by Charlotte Gingras2009
Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner2008
Augustino and the Choir of Destruction by Marie-Claire Blais2007
Vetiver by Joël Des Rosiers2006
Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition by Thierry Hentsch2005
Memoirs of a less traveled road : a historian's life by Marcel Trudel2003
Thunder and Light by Marie-Claire Blais2002
Fairy Ring by Martine Desjardins2001
Just Fine by France Daigle2000
Gabrielle Roy: A Life by François Ricard1999
Bambi and Me by Michel Tremblay1998
The Eugelionne by Louky Bersianik1997
Cendres de cailloux by Daniel Danis1996
Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? by Dany Laferrière1995
The lyric generation: The life and times of the baby boomers by François Ricard1994
Categorics: 1, 2 & 3 by Normand de Bellefeuille1993
Imagining the Middle East by Thierry Hentsch1992
A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z by Bernard Dupriez1991
Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence (Dossier Quebec Series) by Phillipe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspe1990
On the Eighth Day by Antonine Maillet1989
Second chance: The inspiring story of one woman's fight for life by Diane Hébert1988
Enchantment and sorrow : the autobiography of Gabrielle Roy by Gabrielle Roy1987

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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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