2007 Governor General's Awards

The 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented December 13.[1] The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and "a specially crafted copy of the winning book".[1]

The $25,000 cash prize had been "increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council's 50th anniversary". The publishers of winning books continued to receive $3000, the creators of losing finalists $1000.[1]

English

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero
Non-fiction   Karolyn Smardz Frost, I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
Poetry   Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged
Drama   Colleen Murphy, The December Man
Children's literature   Iain Lawrence, Gemini Summer
Children's illustration   Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun
French to English translation   Nigel Spencer, Augustino and the Choir of Destruction (Marie-Claire Blais, Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction)

French

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Sylvain Trudel, La mer de la tranquillité
Non-fiction   Annette Hayward, La querelle du régionalisme au Québec (1904-1931): Vers l'autonomisation de la littérature québécoise
Poetry   Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Seul on est
Drama   Daniel Danis, Le chant du Dire-Dire
Children's literature   François Barcelo, La fatigante et le fainéant
Children's illustration   Geneviève Côté, La petite rapporteuse de mots
English to French translation   Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Dernières notes (Tamas Dobozy, Last Notes and Other Stories)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2007 Governor General's Literary Awards". News Releases – 2007. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 16, 2007. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20.