2013 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 The shortlisted nominees for the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 2,"Governor General Literary Award finalists announced". Vancouver Sun, October 2, 2013. and the winners were announced on November 13."Eleanor Catton wins Governor General’s Literary Award for The Luminaries". Toronto Star, November 13, 2013. Each winner will be awarded $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Eleanor Catton, The LuminariesKenneth Bonert, The Lion Seeker Joseph Boyden, The Orenda Colin McAdam, A Beautiful Truth Shyam Selvadurai, The Hungry Ghosts Non-fiction Sandra Djwa, A Journey with No Maps: A Life of P. K. PageCarolyn Abraham, The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us Nina Munk, The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty Allen Smutylo, The Memory of Water Priscila Uppal, Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother Poetry Katherena Vermette, North End Love SongsAustin Clarke, Where the Sun Shines Best Adam Dickinson, The Polymers Don Domanski, Bite Down Little Whisper Russell Thornton, Birds, Metal, Stones & Rain Drama Nicolas Billon, Fault Lines: Three PlaysMeg Braem, Blood: A Scientific Romance Kate Hewlett, The Swearing Jar Lawrence Jeffery, Frenchtown Joseph Jomo Pierre, Shakespeare's Nigga Children's literature Teresa Toten, The Unlikely Hero of Room 13BBeverley Brenna, The White Bicycle Shane Peacock, Becoming Holmes Jean E. Pendziwol, Once Upon a Northern Night Valerie Sherrard, Counting Back from Nine Children's illustration Matt James, Northwest PassageRachel Berman, Miss Mousie's Blind Date Gary Clement, Oy, Feh, So? Jon Klassen, The Dark Julie Morstad, How To French to English translation Donald Winkler, The Major Verbs (Pierre Nepveu, Les verbes majeurs)Robert Majzels, For Sure (France Daigle, Pour sûr) Rhonda Mullins, And the Birds Rained Down (Jocelyne Saucier, Il pleuvait des oiseaux) George Tombs, Canada's Forgotten Slaves: Two Hundred Years of Bondage (Marcel Trudel, Deux siècles d'esclavage au Québec) Luise von Flotow, The Stalinist's Wife (France Théoret, La femme du stalinien) French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Stéphanie Pelletier, Quand les guêpes se taisentSergio Kokis, Culs-de-sac Roger Magini, Ilitch, mort ou vif Marc Séguin, Hollywood Gérald Tougas, Le deuxième train de la nuit Non-fiction Yvon Rivard, Aimer, enseignerAlain Deneault, Gouvernance: le management totalitaire Jean-Jacques Pelletier, La fabrique de l'extrême : les pratiques ordinaires de l'excès Dominique Perron, L'Alberta autophage : identités, mythes et discours du pétrole dans l'Ouest canadien Joseph Yvon Thériault, Évangéline : contes d'Amérique Poetry René Lapierre, Pour les désespérés seulementMario Brassard, Le livre clarière Marie-Andrée Gill, Béante Diane Régimbald, L'insensée rayonne Rodney Saint-Éloi, Jacques Roche, je t'écris cette lettre Drama Fanny Britt, BienveillanceMichel Marc Bouchard, Christine, la reine-garçon Olivier Choinière, Nom de domaine Véronique Côté, Tout ce qui tombe Érika Tremblay-Roy, Petite vérité inventée Children's literature Geneviève Mativat, À l'ombre de la grande maisonCamille Bouchard, D'or et de poussière Fanny Britt, Jane, le renard et moi Emmanuelle Caron, Gladys et Vova Lili Chartrand, Le monde fabuleux de Monsieur Fred Children's illustration Isabelle Arsenault, Jane, le renard et moiJacinthe Chevalier, Aujourd'hui, le ciel Marianne Dubuc, Au carnaval des animaux Stéphane Jorisch, Quand je serai grand Rogé, Mingan, mon village English to French translation Sophie Voillot, L'enfant du jeudi (Alison Pick, Far to Go)Rachel Martinez, Les maux d'Ambroise Bukowski (Susin Nielsen, Word Nerd) Daniel Poliquin, Du village à la ville: comment les migrants changent le monde (Doug Saunders, Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World) Hélène Rioux, Le cousin (John Calabro, The Cousin) Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Jamais je ne t'oublierai (Miriam Toews, Swing Low: A Life) References External links Governor General's Awards Category:Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards