2011 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 The shortlisted nominees for the 2011 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11,https://archive.today/20130104225728/http://www.toronto.com/article/700799?bn=1 "Edugyan, deWitt shortlisted for Governor General literary award". Toronto Star, October 11, 2011. and the winners were announced on November 15."G-G winner Patrick deWitt says grant ‘saved’ him". The Globe and Mail, November 15, 2011. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Patrick deWitt, The Sisters BrothersDavid Bezmozgis, The Free World Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues Marina Endicott, The Little Shadows Alexi Zentner, Touch Non-fiction Charles Foran, Mordecai: The Life & TimesNathan M. Greenfield, The Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45 Richard Gwyn, Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891 JJ Lee, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests Poetry Phil Hall, KilldeerMichael Boughn, Cosmographia: A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-Epic Kate Eichhorn, Fieldnotes, A Forensic Garry Thomas Morse, Discovery Passages Susan Musgrave, Origami Dove Drama Erin Shields, If We Were BirdsBrendan Gall, Minor Complications: Two Plays Jonathan Garfinkel, House of Many Tongues Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Gas Girls Vern Thiessen, Lenin's Embalmers Children's literature Christopher Moore, From Then to Now: A Short History of the WorldJan L. Coates, A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk Deborah Ellis, No Ordinary Day Kenneth Oppel, This Dark Endeavour Tim Wynne-Jones, Blink & Caution Children's illustration Cybèle Young, Ten BirdsIsabelle Arsenault, Migrant Kim LaFave, Fishing with Gubby Renata Liwska, Red Wagon Frank Viva, Along a Long Road French to English translation Donald Winkler, Partita for Glenn Gould (Partita pour Glenn Gould, Georges Leroux)Judith Cowan, Meridian Line (Origine des méridiens, Paul Bélanger) David Scott Hamilton, Exit (Paradis, clef en main, Nelly Arcan) Lazer Lederhendler, Apocalypse for Beginners (Tarmac, Nicolas Dickner) Lazer Lederhendler, Dirty Feet (Les pieds sales, Edem Awumey) French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Perrine Leblanc, L'homme blancAlain Beaulieu, Le postier Passila Jean-Simon Desrochers, Les sabliers de solitude Tassia Trifiatis, Mère-grand Mélanie Vincelette, Polynie Non-fiction Georges Leroux, Wanderer : essai sur le Voyage d'hiver de Franz SchubertKarine Cellard, Leçons de littérature : un siècle de manuels scolaires au Québec Henri Dorion and Jean-Paul Lacasse, Le Québec : territoire incertain Catherine Leclerc, Des langues en partage? Cohabitation du français et de l'anglais en littérature contemporaine Patrick Tillard, De Bartleby aux écrivains négatifs : une approche de la négation Poetry Louise Dupré, Plus haut que les flammesMartine Audet, Je demande pardon à l'espèce qui brille (Les Grands cimetières II) Roger Des Roches, Le nouveau temps du verbe être Patrick Lafontaine, Grève du zèle Jean-François Poupart, L'Or de Klimt Drama Normand Chaurette, Ce qui meurt en dernierSteve Gagnon, La montagne rouge (SANG) Pierre-Luc Lasalle, Judith aussi Étienne Lepage, L'enclos de l'éléphant Wajdi Mouawad, Journée de noces chez les Cromagnons Children's literature Martin Fournier, Les aventures de Radisson - 1. L'enfer ne brûle pasAnne Bernard-Lenoir, Enigmae.com - 3. L'orteil de Paros Camille Bouchard, Un massacre magnifique Mario Brassard, La saison des pluies Pierre Marmiesse, Sous le signe d'Exu - 1. Initiation Children's illustration Caroline Merola, Lili et les poilusSophie Casson, Quelle pagaille! Shea Chang, Tarentelle Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal, Bill Chocottes, le héros qui avait peur Rogé, Haïti, mon pays English to French translation Maryse Warda, Toxique ou l'incident dans l'autobus (The Toxic Bus Incident, Greg MacArthur)Geneviève Letarte, Le week-end en Bourgogne (Mavis Gallant, Going Ashore) Sophie Voillot, Le droit chemin (David Homel, Mid Way) References External links Governor General's Awards Category:Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards