2001 Governor General's Awards

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. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.

English Language

Fiction

Winner:
*Richard B. Wright, "Clara Callan"

Other Finalists:
*Yann Martel, "Life of Pi"
*Tessa McWatt, "Dragons Cry"
*Jane Urquhart, "The Stone Carvers"
*Thomas Wharton, "Salamander"

Poetry

Winner:
*George Elliott Clarke, "Execution Poems"

Other Finalists:
*Anne Carson, "Men in the Off Hours"
*Phil Hall, "Trouble Sleeping"
*Robert Kroetsch, "The Hornbooks of Rita K."
*Steve McCaffery, "Seven Pages Missing"

Drama

Winner:
*Kent Stetson, "The Harps of God"

Other Finalists:
*Mark Brownell, "Monsieur d'Eon"
*Clem Martini, "A Three Martini Lunch"
*Michael Redhill, "Building Jerusalem"
*Jason Sherman, "An Acre of Time: The Play"

Nonfiction

Winner:
*Thomas Homer-Dixon, "The Ingenuity Gap"

Other Finalists:
*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"

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:
*Arthur Slade, "Dust"

Other Finalists:
*Brian Doyle, "Mary Ann Alice"
*Beth Goobie, "Before Wings"
*Julie Johnston, "In Spite of Killer Bees"
*Teresa Toten, "The Game"

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:
*Mireille Levert, "Island in the Soup"

Other Finalists:
*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"

Translation (French to English)

Winner:
*Fred A. Reed and David Homel, "Fairy Ring"

Other Finalists:
*Sheila Fischman, "Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches"
*Gail Scott, "The Sailor's Disquiet"

French Language

Fiction

Winner:
*Andrée A. Michaud, " _fr. Le ravissement"

Other Finalists:
*Marie-Claire Blais, " _fr. Dans la foudre et la lumière"
*Rachel Leclerc, " _fr. Ruelle Océan"

Poetry

Winner:
*Paul Chanel Malenfant, " _fr. Des ombres portées"

Other Finalists:
*Tania Langlais, " _fr. Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme"
*Hélène Monette, " _fr. Un jardin dans la nuit"
*Stefan Psenak, " _fr. La beauté"
*Jean-Philippe Raîche, " _fr. Une lettre au bout du monde"

Drama

Winner:
*Normand Chaurette, " _fr. Le Petit Köchel"

Other Finalists:
*François Archambault, " _fr. Code 99"
*Réjane Charpentier, " _fr. Un Autre Monde"
*Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in " _fr. Requiem suivi de Fausse route"

Nonfiction

Winner:
*Renée Dupuis, " _fr. Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion"

Other Finalists:
*Jacques Allard, " _fr. Le roman du Québec: Histoire, perspectives, lectures"
*Michel Biron, " _fr. L'absence du maître : Saint-Denys Garneau, Ferron, Ducharme"
*Madeleine Gagnon, " _fr. Les Femmes et la guerre"
*Jacques B. Gélinas, " _fr. La globalisation du monde: laisser faire ou faire?"

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:
*Christiane Duchesne, " _fr. Jomusch et le troll des cuisines"

Other Finalists:
*Cécile Gagnon, " _fr. Le chien de Pavel"
*Ann Lamontagne, " _fr. Les mémoires interdites"
*Marthe Pelletier, " _fr. Chante pour moi, Charlotte"
*Jean-Michel Schembré, " _fr. Le noir passage"

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:
*Bruce Roberts, " _fr. Fidèles éléphants"

Other Finalists:
*Marjolaine Bonenfant, " _fr. L'abécédaire des animots"
*Pascale Constantin, " _fr. Alexis, chevalier des nuits"
*Stéphane Poulin, " _fr. Vieux Thomas et la petite fée"
*Mylène Pratt, " _fr. Le dimanche de Madame B"

Translation (English to French)

Winner:
*Michel Saint-Germain, " _fr. No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques"

Other Finalists:
*Agnès Guitard, " _fr. Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique"
*Maryse Warda, " _fr. Motel de passage"