The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14.[1] Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.[2]
English
| Category
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Winner
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Nominated
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| Fiction
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Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan
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| Non-fiction
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Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap
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- Susan Crean, The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr
- Ross A. Laird, Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft
- Alberto Manguel, Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate
- Jack Todd, The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story
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| Poetry
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George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems
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| Drama
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Kent Stetson, The Harps of God
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| Children's literature
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Arthur Slade, Dust
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| Children's illustration
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Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup
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- Harvey Chan, Wild Bog Tea
- Murray Kimber, The Wolf of Gubbio
- Kim LaFave, We'll All Go Sailing
- Cindy Revell, Mallory and the Power Boy
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| French to English translation
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Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara)
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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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Andrée A. Michaud, Le ravissement
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| Non-fiction
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Renée Dupuis, Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion
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- Jacques Allard, Le roman du Québec: Histoire, perspectives, lectures
- Michel Biron, L'absence du maître : Saint-Denys Garneau, Ferron, Ducharme
- Madeleine Gagnon, Les Femmes et la guerre
- Jacques B. Gélinas, La globalisation du monde: laisser faire ou faire?
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| Poetry
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Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres portées
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| Drama
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Normand Chaurette, Le Petit Köchel
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- François Archambault, Code 99
- Réjane Charpentier, Un Autre Monde
- Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in Requiem suivi de Fausse route
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| Children's literature
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Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines
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- Cécile Gagnon, Le chien de Pavel
- Ann Lamontagne, Les mémoires interdites
- Marthe Pelletier, Chante pour moi, Charlotte
- Jean-Michel Schembré, Le noir passage
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| Children's illustration
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Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants
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- Marjolaine Bonenfant, L'abécédaire des animots
- Pascale Constantin, Alexis, chevalier des nuits
- Stéphane Poulin, Vieux Thomas et la petite fée
- Mylène Pratt, Le dimanche de Madame B
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| English to French translation
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Michel Saint-Germain, No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques
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- Agnès Guitard, Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique
- Maryse Warda, Motel de passage
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References
- ^ "Governor General's award follows on top of the Giller: Novelist Richard Wright has good week". Prince George Citizen, November 15, 2001.
- ^ "Urquhart, Wright get GG award nominations". The Telegram, October 24, 2001.
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