Governor General Literary Awards
The winners have been announced for the 71st Governor General Literary Awards.
More than 1,400 books were submitted for the 2007 awards, in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text), children’s literature (illustration), and translation.
The Canada Council for the Arts funds, administers and promotes the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The value of each award is $25,000, increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council’s 50th anniversary. Each winner also receives a specially-crafted copy of the winning book. The publisher of each winning book receives $3,000.
English winners
Fiction
Michael Ondaatje, Toronto (ON), for Divisadero
Poetry
Don Domanski, Halifax (NS), for All Our Wonder Unavenged
Drama
Colleen Murphy, Toronto (ON), for The December Man (L’homme de décembre)
Non-Fiction
Karolyn Smardz Frost, Collingwood (ON), for I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
Children’s Literature – Text
Iain Lawrence, Gabriola Island (BC), for Gemini Summer
Children’s Literature – Illustration
Duncan Weller, Thunder Bay (ON), for The Boy from the Sun
Translation
Nigel Spencer, Montreal (QC), for Augustino and the Choir of Destruction
English translation of Augustino et le choeur de la destruction by Marie-Claire Blais (Les Éditions du Boréal)
More than 1,400 books were submitted for the 2007 awards, in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text), children’s literature (illustration), and translation.
The Canada Council for the Arts funds, administers and promotes the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The value of each award is $25,000, increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council’s 50th anniversary. Each winner also receives a specially-crafted copy of the winning book. The publisher of each winning book receives $3,000.
English winners
Fiction
Michael Ondaatje, Toronto (ON), for Divisadero
Poetry
Don Domanski, Halifax (NS), for All Our Wonder Unavenged
Drama
Colleen Murphy, Toronto (ON), for The December Man (L’homme de décembre)
Non-Fiction
Karolyn Smardz Frost, Collingwood (ON), for I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
Children’s Literature – Text
Iain Lawrence, Gabriola Island (BC), for Gemini Summer
Children’s Literature – Illustration
Duncan Weller, Thunder Bay (ON), for The Boy from the Sun
Translation
Nigel Spencer, Montreal (QC), for Augustino and the Choir of Destruction
English translation of Augustino et le choeur de la destruction by Marie-Claire Blais (Les Éditions du Boréal)
