2002 Governor General's Awards

The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.

Table of contents

1 English-language finalists 1.1 Fiction 1.2 Poetry 1.3 Drama 1.4 Nonfiction 1.5 Children's Literature - Text 1.6 Children's Literature - Illustration 1.7 Translation (French to English) 2 French Winners

English-language finalists

Fiction

Winner:

• Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson

Other Finalists:

• David Bergen, The Case of Lena S.
• Ann Ireland, Exile
• Wayne Johnston, The Navigator of New York
• Carol Shields, Unless

Poetry

Winner:

• Roy Miki, Surrender

Other Finalists:

• Tammy Armstrong, Bogman's Music
• Colin Browne, Ground Water
• Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth
• Erin Mouré, O Cidadán

Drama

Winner:

• Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918)

Other Finalists:

• Claudia Dey, The Gwendolyn Poems
• Lorena Gale, Je me souviens
• Michael Lewis MacLennan, The Shooting Stage

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Andrew Nikiforuk, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil

Other Finalists:

• Carolyn Abraham, Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain
• Jill Frayne, Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land
• Stephen Henighan, When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing
• Don McKay, Vis ŕ Vis: Fieldnotes on Poetry and Wilderness

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl

Other Finalists:

• Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye
• Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey
• John Lekich, The Losers' Club
• Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts

Other Finalists:

• Brian Deines, Dragonfly Kites/pimihákanisa
• Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Fairy of the Forest
• Rogé (Roger Girard), When Pigs Fly
• Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

• Nigel Spencer, Thunder and Light

Other Finalists:

• Sheila Fischman, Twelve Opening Acts
• Linda Gaboriau, Impromptu on Nun's Island
• Liedewy Hawke, The Milky Way
• Lazer Lederhendler, Larry Volt

French Winners

• Fiction Monique LaRue, La Gloire de Cassiodore

• Poetry Robert Dickson, Humains paysages en temps de paix relative

• Drama Daniel Danis, Le Langue-ŕ-Langue des chiens de roche

• Non-Fiction Judith Lavoie for Mark Twain et la parole noire

• Children's Literature Hélčne Vachon, L'oiseau de passage

• Children's Literature - Illustration Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur

• Translation - English to French Paule Pierre-Noyart Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat

Other Governor General's Awards:

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