2011 Governor General's Awards
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
| Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
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| Fiction |
 Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers |
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| Non-fiction |
Charles Foran, Mordecai: The Life & Times |
- Nathan M. Greenfield, The Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45
- Richard Gwyn, Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891
- JJ Lee, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit
- Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests
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| Poetry |
Phil Hall, Killdeer |
- Michael Boughn, Cosmographia: A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-Epic
- Kate Eichhorn, Fieldnotes, A Forensic
- Garry Thomas Morse, Discovery Passages
- Susan Musgrave, Origami Dove
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| Drama |
Erin Shields, If We Were Birds |
- Brendan Gall, Minor Complications: Two Plays
- Jonathan Garfinkel, House of Many Tongues
- Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Gas Girls
- Vern Thiessen, Lenin’s Embalmers
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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 |
- Isabelle Arsenault, Migrant
- Kim La Fave, Fishing with Gubby
- Renata Liwska, Red Wagon
- Frank Viva, Along a Long Road
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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
| Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
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| Fiction |
Perrine Leblanc, L'homme blanc |
- Alain Beaulieu, Le postier Passila
- Jean-Simon Desrochers, Les sabliers de solitude
- Tassia Trifiatis, Mère-grand
- Mélanie Vincelette, Polynie
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| Non-fiction |
Georges Leroux, Wanderer : essai sur le Voyage d’hiver de Franz Schubert |
- Karine Cellard, Leçons de littérature : un siècle de manuels scolaires au Québec
- Henri Dorion and Jean-Paul Lacasse, Le Québec : territoire incertain
- Catherine Leclerc, Des langues en partage? Cohabitation du français et de l'anglais en littérature contemporaine
- Patrick Tillard, De Bartleby aux écrivains négatifs : une approche de la négation
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| Poetry |
Louise Dupré, Plus haut que les flammes |
- Martine Audet, Je demande pardon à l'espèce qui brille (Les Grands cimitières II)
- Roger Des Roches, Le nouveau temps du verbe être
- Patrick Lafontaine, Grève du zèle
- Jean-François Poupart, L'Or de Klimt
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| Drama |
Normand Chaurette, Ce qui meurt en dernier |
- Steve Gagnon, La montagne rouge (SANG)
- Pierre-Luc Lasalle, Judith aussi
- Étienne Lepage, L'enclos de l'éléphant
- Wajdi Mouawad, Journée de noces chez les Cromagnons
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| Children's literature |
Martin Fournier, Les aventures de Radisson - 1. L’enfer ne brûle pas |
- Anne Bernard-Lenoir, Enigmae.com - 3. L’orteil de Paros
- Camille Bouchard, Un massacre magnifique
- Mario Brassard, La saison des pluies
- Pierre Marmiesse, Sous le signe d’Exu - 1. Initiation
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| Children's illustration |
Caroline Merola, Lili et les poilus |
- Sophie Casson, Quelle pagaille!
- Shea Chang, Tarentelle
- Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal, Bill Chocottes, le héros qui avait peur
- Rogé, Haïti, mon pays
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| English to French translation |
Maryse Warda, Toxique ou l'incident dans l'autobus (The Toxic Bus Incident, Greg MacArthur) |
- Geneviève Letarte, Le week-end en Bourgogne (The Cost of Living: early and uncollected stories and Going Ashore, Mavis Gallant)
- Sophie Voillot, Le droit chemin (Mid Way, David Homel)
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References
External links
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