2003 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 The 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 20, the four children's literature winners announced and presented November 10, other winners announced and presented November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000."Douglas Glover wins Gov. Gen.'s Literary Award for English fiction: Canadian living in New York State won prize for Elle, a fictionalized account of Gulf of St. Lawrence castaway". Cape Breton Post, November 13, 2003. The separate announcement and presentation of children's literature awards – four, recognizing text and illustration in English- and French-language books – was a novelty in 2003 (continued for at least a few years). The event at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence in Ottawa, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 on a Monday morning. "Children from across the National Capital Region will be invited to attend the event, which will also include readings and workshops related to children's literature." English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Douglas Glover, ElleMargaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake Elizabeth Hay, Garbo Laughs Jean McNeil, Private View Edeet Ravel, Ten Thousand Lovers Non-fiction Margaret MacMillan, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the WorldAndrew Clark, A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle Andrew Cohen, While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World Maggie de Vries, Vancouver, for Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister Ross King, Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling Poetry Tim Lilburn, Kill-siteTim Bowling, The Witness Ghost Evan Jones, Nothing Fell Today But Rain Anne Simpson, Loop Tom Wayman, My Father's Cup Drama Vern Thiessen, Einstein's GiftMarie Clements, Burning Vision Brian Drader, Prok Sunil Kuruvilla, Rice Boy Michael MacLennan, Last Romantics Children's literature Glen Huser, StitchesSarah Ellis, The Several Lives of Orphan Jack Barbara Haworth-Attard, Theories of Relativity Kevin Major, Ann and Seamus Judd Palmer, The Maestro Children's illustration Allen Sapp, The Song Within My HeartNicolas Debon, Four Pictures by Emily Carr Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Night Barbara Reid, The Subway Mouse Ludmila Zeman, Sindbad's Secret: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights French to English translation Jane Brierley, Memoirs of a Less Travelled Road: A Historian's LifePatricia Claxton, A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali Jo-Anne Elder, Tales from Dog Island: St. Pierre et Miquelon David Homel and Fred A. Reed, The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle Susan Ouriou, Necessary Betrayals French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Élise Turcotte, fr La maison étrangèreJean-François Chassay, fr L'Angle mort Marie Gagnier, fr Console-moi Gaétan Soucy, Music-Hall! Larry Tremblay, fr Le Mangeur de bicyclette Non-fiction Thierry Hentsch, fr Raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l'imaginaire occidentalMichel Morin, fr Vertige! et autres essais a-politiques Louise Prescott, fr Le complexe d'Ulysse : signifiance et micropolitique dans la pratique de l'art François Ricard, fr Le dernier après-midi d'Agnès: essai sur l'oeuvre de Milan Kundera Régine Robin, fr La mémoire saturée Poetry Pierre Nepveu, fr Lignes aériennesNicole Brossard, fr Cahier de roses & de civilisation Carle Coppens, fr Le grand livre des entorses Benoît Jutras, fr Nous serons sans voix Louis-Jean Thibault, fr Géographie des lointains Drama Jean-Rock Gaudreault, fr Deux pas vers les étoilesFrançois Archambault, fr La société des loisirs François Létourneau, Cheech Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies Jean-Pierre Ronfard, fr Écriture pour le théâtre, tome III Children's literature Danielle Simard, J'ai vendu ma soeurMélissa Anctil, Gigi Roger Des Roches, Marie Quatdoigts Laurent Grimon, Le chevalier des Arbres Paul Chanel Malenfant, Si tu allais quelque part Children's illustration Virginie Egger, Recette d'éléphant à la sauce vieux pneuGeneviève Côté, Le Premier Printemps du monde Gérard DuBois, Le piano muet Stéphane Jorisch, Thésée et le Minotaure Stéphane Poulin, Annabel et la Bête English to French translation Agnès Guitard, Un amour de SaloméYolande Amzallag, Le canari éthique: science, société et esprit humain Paule Noyart, L'Or bleu: l'eau, nouvel enjeu stratégique et commercial Hélène Paré, L'histoire spectacle: le cas du tricentenaire de Québec Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, L'analyste References "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2003 Governor General's Literary Awards". News Releases – 2003. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 20, 2003. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20. Category:Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards