2000 Governor General's Awards
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The 2000 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall.
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nelly and Ernst Hofer, The Snow Queen
- Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections
- Regolo Ricci, The Market Wedding
- Cybele Young, Pa's Harvest
Translation (French to English)
Winner:
- Robert Majzels, Just Fine
- Sheila Fischman, Terra Firma
- Linda Gaboriau, Down Dangerous Passes Road
- Bobby Theodore, 15 Seconds
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Jean Marc Dalpe, Un vent se leve qui eparpille
- Christiane Duchesne, L'Homme des silences
- Roger Magini, Styx
- Pierre Samson, Il etait une fois une ville
- Alison Lee Strayer, Jardin et prairie
Poetry
Winner:
- Normand de Bellefeuille, La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien
- Martine Audet, Orbites
- Joel Des Rosiers, Vetiver
- Madeleine Gagnon, Reve de pierre
- Claude Pare, Execute en chambre
Drama
Winner:
- Wajdi Mouawad, Littoral
- Genevieve Billette, Crime contre l'humanite
- Serge Boucher, 24 Poses
- Jasmine Dube, L'Arche de Noemie
- Lise Vaillancourt, Le petit dragon, et La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne
Nonfiction
Winner:
- Gerard Bouchard, Genese des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde
- Brian T. Fitch, A l'ombre de la litterature
- Olga Hazan, Le mythe du progres artistique
- Yves Lavertu, Jean-Charles Harvey
- Robert Major, Convoyages
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Charlotte Gingras, Un ete de Jade
- Guy Dessureault, L'homme au chat
- Francois Gravel, L'ete de la moustache
- Gilles Tibo, La Planete du petit geant
- Helene Vachon, Le delire de Somerset
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Anne Villeneuve, L'Echarpe rouge
- Marie-Louise Gay, Sur mon ile
- Pascale Constantin, Gloups!, Bebe-vampire
- Genevieve Cote, La grande aventure d'un petit mouton noir
- Gerard Dubois, Riquet a la Houppe
Translation (English to French)
Winner:
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagne, Un parfum de cedre
- Jude Des Chenes, L'honneur du guerrier
- Dominique Issenhuth, Amants
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