2002 Governor General's Awards

The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Andrew Nikiforuk, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil
  • Carolyn Abraham, Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain
  • Jill Frayne, Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land
  • Stephen Henighan, When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing
  • Don McKay, Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness
Poetry Blue ribbon Roy Miki, Surrender
  • Tammy Armstrong, Bogman's Music
  • Colin Browne, Ground Water
  • Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth
  • Erin Mouré, O Cidadán
Drama Blue ribbon Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918)
Children's literature Blue ribbon Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
  • Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye
  • Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey
  • John Lekich, The Losers' Club
  • Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts
  • Brian Deines, Dragonfly Kites/pimihákanisa
  • Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Fairy of the Forest
  • Rogé (Roger Girard), When Pigs Fly
  • Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon
French to English translation Blue ribbon Nigel Spencer, Thunder and Light

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Monique LaRue, La Gloire de Cassiodore
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Judith Lavoie, Mark Twain et la parole noire
  • Claude Lévesque, Par-delà le masculin et le féminin
  • Lucie K. Morriset, La mémoire du paysage — Histoire de la forme urbain d'un centre-ville: Saint-Roch, Québec
  • Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge, Réjean Ducharme: Une poétique du débris
  • Émile Ollivier, Repérages
Poetry Blue ribbon Robert Dickson, Humains paysages en temps de paix relative
Drama Blue ribbon Daniel Danis, Le Langue-à-Langue des chiens de roche
Children's literature Blue ribbon Hélène Vachon, L'oiseau de passage
  • Dominique Demers, Ta voix dans la nuit
  • François Gravel, David et la maison de la sorcière
  • Sylvain Meunier, Le seul ami
  • Pierre Roy, Une tonne de patates!
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur
  • Philippe Béha, La reine rouge
  • Jean-Marie Benoit, Le voyage à l'envers
  • Guy England, L'ami perdu
  • Mylène Pratt, Décroche-moi la lune
English to French translation Blue ribbon Paule Pierre-Noyart, Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat
  • Florence Bernard, F. R. Scott: une vie
  • Jean Paré, La révolution des droits
  • Carole Sadelain, La nature des économies
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