2001 Governor General's Awards

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[?], Toronto, for 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[?], Le ravissement

Other Finalists:

• Marie-Claire Blais[?], Dans la foudre et la lumière
• Rachel Leclerc[?], Ruelle Océan

Poetry

Winner:

• Paul Chanel Malenfant[?], Des ombres portées

Other Finalists:

• Tania Langlais[?], Douze bêtes aux chemises de l'homme
• Hélène Monette[?], Un jardin dans la nuit
• Stefan Psenak[?], La beauté
• Jean-Philippe Raîche[?], Une lettre au bout du monde

Drama

Winner:

• Normand Chaurette[?], Le Petit Köchel

Other Finalists:

• François Archambault[?], Code 99
• Réjane Charpentier[?], Un Autre Monde
• Michel Ouellette[?], '"Requiem", in Requiem suivi de Fausse route

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Renée Dupuis[?], Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion

Other Finalists:

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

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Christiane Duchesne[?], Jomusch et le troll des cuisines

Other Finalists:

• Cécile Gagnon[?], Le chien de Pavel
• Ann Lamontagne[?], Les mémoires interdites
• Marthe Pelletier[?], Chante pour moi, Charlotte
• Jean-Michel Schembré[?], Le noir passage

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Bruce Roberts[?], Fidèles éléphants

Other Finalists:

• Marjolaine Bonenfant[?], L'abécédaire des animots
• Pascale Constantin[?], Alexis, chevalier des nuits
• Stéphane Poulin[?], Vieux Thomas et la petite fée
• Mylène Pratt[?], Le dimanche de Madame B

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

• Michel Saint-Germain[?], No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques

Other Finalists:

• Agnès Guitard[?], Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique
• Maryse Warda[?], Motel de passage

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