2004 Governor General's Awards

The nominees for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 26. The children's literature winners were announced on November 15, and the other winners were announced on November 16. The winners received a cheque for $15,000 and a specially crafted copy of their book bound by master bookbinder Pierre Ouvrard.

The 2004 awards marked the first time that the children's literature awards were presented separately from the adult awards; they were presented at a special ceremony dedicated to promoting children's literature.

English-language finalists

Fiction

*Miriam Toews, "A Complicated Kindness"
*David Bezmozgis, "Natasha and Other Stories"
*Trevor Cole, "Norman Bray, In the Performance of His Life"
*Colin McAdam, "Some Great Thing"
*Alice Munro, "Runaway"

Poetry

*Roo Borson, "Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida"
*Tim Bowling, "The Memory Orchard"
*David Manicom, "The Burning Eaves"
*John Terpstra, "Disarmament"
*Jan Zwicky, "Robinson's Crossing"

Drama

*Morris Panych, "Girl in the Goldfish Bowl"
*Robert Chafe, "Butler's Marsh" and "Tempting Providence"
*Michael Healey, "Rune Arlidge"
*Karen Hines, "The Pochsy Plays"
*Mieko Ouchi, "The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)"

Nonfiction

*Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire, ""
*Anne Coleman, "I'll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven Summers"
*Christopher Dewdney, ""
*Jane Jacobs, "Dark Age Ahead"
*Jan Zwicky, "Wisdom & Metaphor"

Children's Literature - Text

*Kenneth Oppel, "Airborn"
*Martine Leavitt, "Heck Superhero"
*Sharon MacKay, "Esther"
*Judd Palmer, "The Wolf King"
*Ange Zhang, "Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution"

Children's Literature - Illustration

*Stéphane Jorisch, "Jabberwocky"
*Nicolas Debon, "Dawn Watch"
*Marie-Louise Gay, "Stella, Princess of the Sky"
*Kim LaFave, "A Very Unusual Dog"
*Barbara Reid, "Peg and the Yeti"

Translation (French to English)

*Judith Cowan, "Mirabel" (Pierre Nepveu, "Lignes aériennes")
*Sheila Fischman, "The Alien House" (Élise Turcotte)
*Liedewy Hawke, "The Iguana" (Denis Thériault)

French language finalists

Fiction

*Pascale Quiviger, "Le cercle parfait"
*Marguerite Andersen, "Parallèles"
*Katerine Caron, "Vous devez être heureuse"
*Sergio Kokis, "Les amants d'Alfama"
*Didier Leclair, "Ce pays qui est le mien"

Poetry

*André Brochu, "Les jours à vif"
*Paul Bélanger, "Les jours de l'éclipse"
*Mario Brassard, "Choix d'apocalypses"
*Louise Dupré, "Une écharde sous ton ongle"
*Pierre Ouellet, "Zone franche: liber asylum"

Drama:

*Emma Haché, "L'intimité"
*Franco Catanzariti, "Sahel"
*Alexis Martin, "Bureaux"
*Jean-Frédéric Messier, "Au moment de sa disparition"
*Reynald Robinson, "La salle des loisirs"

Non-Fiction

*Jean-Jacques Simard, "La Réduction: l’Autochtone inventé et les Amérindiens d’aujourd’hui"
*Jean-Marie Fecteau, "La liberté du pauvre : crime et pauvreté au XIXe siècle québécois"
*Brian T. Fitch, "Le langage de la pensée et l’écriture : Humboldt, Valéry, Beckett"
*Yvan Lamonde, "Histoire sociale des idées au Québec (1896-1929)"
*Roseline Tremblay, "L’écrivain imaginaire: essai sur le roman québécois, 1960-1995"

Children's Literature - Text

*Nicole Leroux, "L'Hiver de Léo Polatouche"
*Édith Bourget, "Autour de Gabrielle"
*Charlotte Gingras, "La boîte à bonheur"
*Marie-Francine Hébert, "Le ciel tombe à côté"
*Nancy Montour, "Le coeur au vent"

Children's Literature - Illustration

*Janice Nadeau, "Nul poisson où aller"
*Francine Bouchard (Fanny), "Le grand rêve de Passepoil"
*Pascale Constantin, "Turlututu, rien ne va plus!"
*Samuel Parent (Sampar), "Savais-tu? Les Hyènes"
*Alain Reno, "Comment l’ours blanc perdit sa queue"

Translation - English to French

*Ivan Steenhout, "Les Indes accidentelles" (Robert Finley)
*Claire Dé, "Le cahier d'Hellman" (Robert Majzels)
*Carole Noël, "Ce qu'il nous reste" (Aislinn Hunter)
*Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, "Le Pas de l'ourse" (Douglas Glover, "Elle")
*Claudine Vivier, "La Rivière disparue" (Brian Doyle, "Mary Ann Alice")

External links

* [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2004/ggla_finalists_finalistes.htm Press release announcing finalists]