2004 Governor General's Awards
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The nominees for the 2004 Governor General's Award
s 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.
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Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
s 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
Bookbinding
Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. It usually involves attaching covers to the resulting text-block.-Origins of the book:...
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.
Fiction
- Miriam ToewsMiriam ToewsMiriam Toews is a Canadian writer of Mennonite descent. She grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba and has lived in Montreal and London, before settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She moved to Toronto in 2009....
, A Complicated KindnessA Complicated KindnessA Complicated Kindness is a novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews.Originally published in 2004 by Knopf Canada, it was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English Fiction, and was nominated for the Giller Prize. It spent over a year on the Canadian bestseller lists... - David BezmozgisDavid BezmozgisDavid Bezmozgis is a Canadian writer and filmmaker.Born in Riga, Latvia, he came to Canada with his family when he was six. He graduated with a B.A. in English literature from McGill University. Bezmozgis received an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television....
, Natasha and Other StoriesNatasha and Other StoriesNatasha and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Canadian author David Bezmozgis. His first published book, Natasha was published in 2004... - Trevor Cole, Norman Bray, In the Performance of His Life
- Colin McAdam, Some Great Thing
- Alice MunroAlice MunroAlice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize...
, RunawayRunaway (book)Runaway is a book of short stories by Alice Munro. First published in 2004 by McClelland and Stewart, it was awarded that year's Giller Prize.- Contents :There are eight short stories in the book...
Poetry
- Roo BorsonRoo BorsonRuth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia....
, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida - Tim BowlingTim BowlingTim Bowling is a Canadian poet. He spent his youth in Ladner, British Columbia, and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta...
, The Memory Orchard - David ManicomDavid ManicomDavid Alton Manicom is a Canadian diplomat, poet and novelist.Manicom was born in Ingersoll, Ontario and lived there until he attended the University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. He has also lived in Aylmer, Quebec, Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing, Geneva, and New Delhi...
, The Burning Eaves - John TerpstraJohn TerpstraJohn Terpstra is a Canadian poet and carpenter.During much of his childhood, he lived in Edmonton, Alberta, but moved back to Ontario to attend high school in Hamilton, where he lives today.-Awards and recognition:...
, Disarmament - Jan ZwickyJan ZwickyJan Zwicky is a Canadian philosopher, poet, essayist, and musician.She received her B.A. from the University of Calgary and earned her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1981 where her studies focussed on the philosophy of logic and science...
, Robinson's Crossing
Drama
- Morris PanychMorris PanychStephen Morris Panych is a Canadian playwright, director and actor.Morris Panych was born in Calgary and grew up in Edmonton. He studied at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and the University of British Columbia...
, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl - Robert ChafeRobert ChafeRobert Chafe is a Canadian playwright. His play Afterimage won the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. He was previously nominated for the same award at the 2004 Governor General's Awards for his plays Butler's Marsh and Tempting Providence.He...
, Butler's Marsh and Tempting Providence - Michael HealeyMichael HealeyMichael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He graduated from the acting programme at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in 1985. His acting credits include the plays of Jason Sherman and George F...
, Rune Arlidge - Karen HinesKaren HinesKaren Hines is a Canadian actress, writer and director. She is the artistic director and producer of "Keep Frozen: Pochsy Productions."Hines has appeared in several television series, including many of Ken Finkleman's satires such as The Newsroom, Foreign Objects, and Married Life for which she was...
, The Pochsy Plays - Mieko Ouchi, The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)
Nonfiction
- Lt.-Gen. Roméo DallaireRoméo DallaireLieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general...
, Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda - Anne Coleman, I'll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven Summers
- Christopher DewdneyChristopher DewdneyChristopher Dewdney is a Canadian writer and poet.He was born in London, Ontario, and presently lives in Toronto, where he is a professor at York University. He is the long-time partner of writer Barbara Gowdy. Winner of the 2007 Harbourfront Festival Prize, he is the author of four books of...
, Acquainted With the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark - Jane JacobsJane JacobsJane Jacobs, was an American-Canadian writer and activist with primary interest in communities and urban planning and decay. She is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities , a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States...
, Dark Age AheadDark Age AheadDark Age Ahead is a 2004 book by Jane Jacobs describing what she sees as the decay of five key "pillars" in the U.S. and Canada. She argues that this decay threatens to create a dark age unless the trends are reversed. Jacobs characterizes a dark age as a "mass amnesia" where even the memory of... - Jan ZwickyJan ZwickyJan Zwicky is a Canadian philosopher, poet, essayist, and musician.She received her B.A. from the University of Calgary and earned her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1981 where her studies focussed on the philosophy of logic and science...
, Wisdom & Metaphor
Children's Literature - Text
- Kenneth OppelKenneth OppelKenneth Oppel is a Canadian author. Born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, he spent his childhood in Victoria, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has also lived in Newfoundland and Labrador, England and Ireland....
, AirbornAirborn (novel)Airborn is a 2004 young adult novel by Kenneth Oppel. The book won the Canada's Governor General's Award. Airborn is set in a time where the primary form of air transportation are airships... - Martine LeavittMartine LeavittMartine Leavitt is an American-Canadian author of award-winning young adult novels and a writing teacher. She is one of the distinguished writers in the “beginnings of a Canadian tradition in high fantasy.”-Biography:...
, 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, JabberwockyJabberwocky"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense verse poem written by Lewis Carroll in his 1872 novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
- Nicolas Debon, Dawn Watch
- Marie-Louise GayMarie-Louise GayMarie-Louise Gay is a Canadian children’s author and illustrator.- Background :Born in Quebec City, as a child she lived in Montreal and Vancouver. Gay has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple...
, 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 NepveuPierre NepveuPierre Nepveu is a famous French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. He specializes in Quebec modern poetry, in particular that of Gaston Miron...
, Lignes aériennes) - Sheila FischmanSheila FischmanSheila Leah Fischman, CM is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature....
, The Alien House (Élise TurcotteÉlise TurcotteÉlise Turcotte is a Canadian writer who was born in Sorel, Quebec on June 26, 1957. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the University of Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently...
) - Liedewy Hawke, The Iguana (Denis ThériaultDenis ThériaultDenis Thériault is a Quebec writer. His first novel, L'Iguane, was published in 2001. It won that year's Prix Anne-Hébert and Prix Quebec-France/Jean-Hamelin, and was the winning title in the 2007 edition of Le Combat des livres....
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Fiction
- Pascale QuivigerPascale QuivigerPascale Quiviger is a Canadian writer and artist. Raised and educated in Quebec, she is currently based in the United Kingdom, where she writes, paints, teaches visual arts and practices hypnotherapy...
, Le cercle parfait - Marguerite AndersenMarguerite AndersenMarguerite Andersen Ph.D is a primarily francophone writer and educator who is currently based in Toronto, Canada where she is a teacher at the Toronto Linden School....
, Parallèles - Katerine Caron, Vous devez être heureuse
- Sergio Kokis, Les amants d'Alfama
- Didier LeclairDidier LeclairDidier Leclair is a Canadian francophone fiction writer currently based in Toronto. He has lived in various countries in Africa, and has studied at Laurentian University in Sudbury and Toronto's Glendon College....
, 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 SimardJean-Jacques SimardJean-Jacques Simard is a Québécois professor and sociologist.He has been professor of sociology at Université Laval since 1976.He began the first project into modern autonomous Inuit government in Canada...
, 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. FitchBrian T. FitchBrian T. Fitch is a French-Canadian non-fiction author, He was nominated for a 2000 Governor General's Award for À l'ombre de la littérature and a 2004 Governor General's Award for Le langage de la pensée et l’écriture : Humboldt, Valéry, Beckett....
, 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 FinleyRobert FinleyRobert Finley was briefly the president of the University of Georgia. Finley was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated from College of New Jersey at the age of 15.-Early life:Finley was born to James Finley and Ann Angrest, James was born 1737 in Glasgow, Scotland where he...
) - Claire Dé, Le cahier d'Hellman (Robert MajzelsRobert MajzelsRobert Majzels is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and translator.- Life :Majzels was born in Montreal. In 1986, he graduated with a Master's degree in English Literature from Concordia University in Montreal, where he would later teach creative writing for thirteen years. Between 2000 and...
) - Carole Noël, Ce qu'il nous reste (Aislinn HunterAislinn HunterAislinn Hunter BFA, MFA is a Canadian poetry and fiction author. She is married and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia....
) - Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Le Pas de l'ourse (Douglas GloverDouglas GloverDouglas Glover may refer to:* Douglas Glover , British politician* Douglas Glover , Canadian writer presently living in New York state...
, Elle) - Claudine Vivier, La Rivière disparue (Brian DoyleBrian Doyle (writer)Brian Doyle is a well known Canadian author, whose children's books have been adapted into both movies and plays...
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