The 2000 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall.[1]
English
| Category
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Winner
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Nominated
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| Fiction
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Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost
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| Non-fiction
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Nega Mezlekia, Notes from the Hyena's Belly
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| Poetry
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Don McKay, Another Gravity
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| Drama
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Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex
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| Children's literature
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Deborah Ellis, Looking for X
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| Children's illustration
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Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story
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- Nelly Hofer and Ernst Hofer, The Snow Queen
- Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections
- Regolo Ricci, The Market Wedding
- Cybèle Young, Pa's Harvest
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| French to English translation
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Robert Majzels, Just Fine (France Daigle, Pas pire)
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French
| Category
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Winner
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Nominated
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| Fiction
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Jean-Marc Dalpé, Un vent se lève qui éparpille
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| Non-fiction
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Gérard Bouchard, Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde
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- Brian T. Fitch, À l'ombre de la littérature
- Olga Hazan, Le mythe du progrès artistique
- Yves Lavertu, Jean-Charles Harvey
- Robert Major, Convoyages
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| Poetry
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Normand de Bellefeuille, La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien
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| Drama
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Wajdi Mouawad, Littoral
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| Children's literature
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Charlotte Gingras, Un été de Jade
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- Guy Dessureault, L'homme au chat
- François Gravel, L'été de la moustache
- Gilles Tibo, La Planète du petit géant
- Hélène Vachon, Le délire de Somerset
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| Children's illustration
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Anne Villeneuve, L'Écharpe rouge
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| English to French translation
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Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Un parfum de cèdre
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- Jude Des Chênes, L'honneur du guerrier
- Dominique Issenhuth, Amants
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References
External links
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