2000 Governor General's Awards

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost

Other Finalists:

• Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
• Austin Clarke, The Question
• David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children
• Eden Robinson[?], Monkey Beach

Poetry

Winner:

• Don McKay[?], Another Gravity

Other Finalists:

• George Bowering, His Life
• A.F. Moritz[?], Rest on the Flight into Egypt
• John Pass[?], Water Stair
• Patricia Young[?], Ruin and Beauty

Drama

Winner:

• Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex

Other Finalists:

• George Boyd[?], Consecrated Ground
• Linda Griffiths[?], Alien Creature
• Daniel MacIvor[?] and Daniel Brooks[?], Monster
• Jason Sherman[?], It's All True

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Nega Mezlekia[?], Notes from the Hyena's Belly

Other Finalists:

• Robert Bringhurst, A Story as Sharp as a Knife
• Trevor Herriot[?], River in a Dry Land
• A. B. McKillop[?], The Spinster and the Prophet

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Deborah Ellis[?], Looking for X

Other Finalists:

• Martha Brooks[?], Being with Henry
• Sharon E. McKay[?], Charlie Wilcox
• Sheldon Oberman[?], The Shaman's Nephew
• Duncan Thornton[?], Kalifax

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Marie-Louise Gay[?], Yuck, A Love Story

Other Finalists:

• Nelly[?] and Ernst Hofer[?], The Snow Queen
• Marthe Jocelyn[?], Hannah's Collections
• Regolo Ricci[?], The Market Wedding
• Cybèle Young[?], Pa's Harvest

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

• Robert Majzels[?], Just Fine

Other Finalists:

• Sheila Fischman[?], Terra Firma
• Linda Gaboriau[?], Down Dangerous Passes Road
• Bobby Theodore[?], 15 Seconds

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Jean Marc Dalpé[?], Un vent se lève qui éparpille

Other Finalists:

• Christiane Duchesne[?], L'Homme des silences
• Roger Magini[?], Styx
• Pierre Samson[?], Il était une fois une ville
• Alison Lee Strayer[?], Jardin et prairie

Poetry

Winner:

• Normand de Bellefeuille[?], La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien

Other Finalists:

• Martine Audet[?], Orbites
• Joël Des Rosiers[?], Vétiver
• Madeleine Gagnon[?], Rêve de pierre
• Claude Paré[?], Exécuté en chambre

Drama

Winner:

• Wajdi Mouawad[?], Littoral

Other Finalists:

• Geneviève Billette[?], Crime contre l'humanité
• Serge Boucher[?], 24 Poses
• Jasmine Dubé[?], L'Arche de Noémie
• Lise Vaillancourt[?], Le petit dragon, et La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Gérard Bouchard[?], Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde

Other Finalists:

• Brian T. Fitch[?], À l'ombre de la littérature
• Olga Hazan[?], Le mythe du progrès artistique
• Yves Lavertu[?], Jean-Charles Harvey
• Robert Major[?], Convoyages

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Charlotte Gingras[?], Un été de Jade

Other Finalists:

• Guy Dessureault[?], L'homme au chat
• François Gravel[?], L'été de la moustache
• Gilles Tibo[?], La Planète du petit géant
• Hélène Vachon[?], Le délire de Somerset

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Anne Villeneuve[?], L'Écharpe rouge

Other Finalists:

• Marie-Louise Gay[?], Sur mon île
• Pascale Constantin[?], Gloups!, Bébé-vampire
• Geneviève Côté[?], La grande aventure d'un petit mouton noir
• Gérard Dubois[?], Riquet à la Houppe

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

• Lori Saint-Martin[?] and Paul Gagné[?], Un parfum de cèdre

Other Finalists:

• Jude Des Chênes[?], L'honneur du guerrier
• Dominique Issenhuth[?], Amants

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