{"id":167,"date":"2006-11-21T11:04:25","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/?p=167"},"modified":"2011-07-29T16:01:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T16:01:44","slug":"gg-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"GG Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nFrom the latest <\/span>NWP<\/a><\/span> newsletter, hot off the press:<\/p>\n

Just a few minutes ago the Canada Council announced the winners of this year’s Governor General’s Awards in simultaneous press conferences in Toronto and Montreal. This marks the peak of awards season in Canada and the beginning of another round of great publicity showcasing the winners.<\/p>\n

Just two weeks ago, we learned that first-time author Vincent Lam had won the Giller Prize for his wonderful short story collection Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. Lam’s book was part of a very rich shortlist that also included works by Rawi Hage, Pascale Quiviger, Ga\u00c3\u00a9tan Soucy, and Carol Windley.<\/p>\n

The great thing about the Governor General’s Awards, that to my mind makes it the most important award in the country, is that it recognizes most genres of writing and looks at both literature written in French and English. For those of us in English Canada, it’s a great chance to get a glimpse of what’s happening in Qu\u00c3\u00a9bec and in francophone communities outside of Qu\u00c3\u00a9bec. That only works, though, if the media reports equally on the winners from both languages.<\/p>\n

I’ve used this space in the past to vent my frustration at English language media outlets trumpetting the winners of the Governor General’s Award while failing to even mention the winners for the French language categories. If anything, we should be going out of our way to learn about those winners, who quickly disappear off the map in English Canada once the awards hoopla has died down.<\/p>\n

So, definitely take a few minutes to peruse the list of this years’ winners. More importantly, take some time this fall to read some of these books to get a sense of how truly rich are the literatures of this country.<\/p>\n

And remember, <\/span>books make the best holiday gifts!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Complete list of winners of the Governor General’s Award
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<\/em><\/span>Northwest Passages congratulates all of the winners and nominees.<\/p>\n

<\/span>ENGLISH FICTION: Peter Behrens for The Law of Dreams<\/p>\n

FRENCH FICTION: Andr\u00c3\u00a9e Laberge for La rivi\u00c3\u00a8re du loup<\/p>\n

ENGLISH POETRY: John Pass for Stumbling in the Bloom<\/p>\n

FRENCH POETRY: H\u00c3\u00a9l\u00c3\u00a8ne Dorion for Ravir: les lieux<\/p>\n

ENGLISH DRAMA: Daniel MacIvor for I Still Love You<\/p>\n

FRENCH DRAMA: \u00c3\u2030velyne de la Cheneli\u00c3\u00a8re for D\u00c3\u00a9sordre public<\/p>\n

ENGLISH NONFICTION: Ross King for The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism<\/p>\n

FRENCH NONFICTION: Pierre Ouellet for \u00c3\u20ac force de voir : histoire de regards<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION – FRENCH TO ENGLISH: Hugh Hazelton for Vetiver (Jo\u00c3\u00abl Des Rosiers’ V\u00c3\u00a9tiver )<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION – ENGLISH TO FRENCH: Sophie Voillot for Un jardin de papier (Thomas Wharton’s Salamander )<\/span>
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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (ENGLISH) – TEXT: William Gilkerson, for Pirate’s Passage<\/p>\n

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (ENGLISH) – ILLUSTRATION: Leo Yerxa, for Ancient Thunder, text by Leo Yerxa.<\/p>\n

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (FRENCH) – TEXT: Dany Laferri\u00c3\u00a8re, for Je suis fou de Vava, illustrations by Fr\u00c3\u00a9d\u00c3\u00a9ric Normandin<\/p>\n

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (FRENCH) – ILLUSTRATION: Rog\u00c3\u00a9 (Roger Girard), for Le gros monstre qui aimait trop lire, text by Lili Chartrand
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