The shortlisted nominees for the 2011 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11,[1] and the winners were announced on November 15.[2]
English
editCategory | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers |
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Non-fiction | Charles Foran, Mordecai: The Life & Times |
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Poetry | Phil Hall, Killdeer |
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Drama | Erin Shields, If We Were Birds |
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Children's literature | Christopher Moore, From Then to Now: A Short History of the World |
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Children's illustration | Cybèle Young, Ten Birds |
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French to English translation | Donald Winkler, Partita for Glenn Gould (Partita pour Glenn Gould, Georges Leroux) |
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French
editCategory | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Perrine Leblanc, L'homme blanc |
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Non-fiction | Georges Leroux, Wanderer : essai sur le Voyage d'hiver de Franz Schubert |
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Poetry | Louise Dupré, Plus haut que les flammes |
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Drama | Normand Chaurette, Ce qui meurt en dernier |
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Children's literature | Martin Fournier, Les aventures de Radisson - 1. L'enfer ne brûle pas |
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Children's illustration | Caroline Merola, Lili et les poilus |
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English to French translation | Maryse Warda, Toxique ou l'incident dans l'autobus (The Toxic Bus Incident, Greg MacArthur) |
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References
edit- ^ "Edugyan, deWitt shortlisted for Governor General literary award". Toronto Star, October 11, 2011.
- ^ "G-G winner Patrick deWitt says grant ‘saved’ him". The Globe and Mail, November 15, 2011.