2021 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2021 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, 2021,[1] and the winners were announced on November 17.[2] The 2021 awards returned to their traditional scheduling and presentation in the fall of the year, following the postponement of the 2020 Governor General's Awards to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
English
[edit]Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Norma Dunning, Tainna |
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Non-fiction | Sadiqa de Meijer, alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language |
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Poetry | Tolu Oloruntoba, The Junta of Happenstance |
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Drama | Hannah Moscovitch, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes |
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Children's literature | Philippa Dowding, Firefly |
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Children's illustration | David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, On the Trapline |
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French to English translation | Erín Moure, This Radiant Life (Chantal Neveu, La vie radieuse) |
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French
[edit]Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Fanny Britt, Faire les sucres |
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Non-fiction | Serge Bouchard and Mark Fortier, Du diesel dans les veines |
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Poetry | Tania Langlais, Pendant que Perceval tombait |
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Drama | Mishka Lavigne, Copeaux |
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Children's literature | Jean-François Sénéchal, Les Avenues |
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Children's illustration | Mario Brassard and Gérard DuBois, À qui appartiennent les nuages ? |
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English to French translation | Marie Frankland, Poèmes 1938-1984 (Elizabeth Smart, The Collected Poems) |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General’s Literary Awards". Toronto Star, October 14, 2021.
- ^ "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize" Archived 2021-11-17 at the Wayback Machine. Coast Reporter, November 17, 2021.