2007 Governor General's Awards
Canadian literary award
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 |
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Fiction | Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero |
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Non-fiction | Karolyn Smardz Frost, I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad |
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Poetry | Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged |
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Drama | Colleen Murphy, The December Man |
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Children's literature | Iain Lawrence, Gemini Summer |
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Children's illustration | Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun |
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French to English translation | Nigel Spencer, Augustino and the Choir of Destruction (Marie-Claire Blais, Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction) |
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French
Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Sylvain Trudel, La mer de la tranquillité |
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Non-fiction | Annette Hayward, La querelle du régionalisme au Québec (1904-1931): Vers l'autonomisation de la littérature québécoise |
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Poetry | Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Seul on est |
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Drama | Daniel Danis, Le chant du Dire-Dire |
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Children's literature | François Barcelo, La fatigante et le fainéant |
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Children's illustration | Geneviève Côté, La petite rapporteuse de mots |
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English to French translation | Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Dernières notes (Tamas Dobozy, Last Notes and Other Stories) |
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References
- ^ 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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