The 2000 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall.

English

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| align="center"| Fiction

| Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost

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  • Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
  • Austin Clarke, The Question
  • David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children
  • Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach

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| align="center"| Non-fiction

| Nega Mezlekia, Notes from the Hyena's Belly

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  • Robert Bringhurst, A Story as Sharp as a Knife
  • Trevor Herriot, River in a Dry Land
  • A. B. McKillop, The Spinster and the Prophet

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| align="center"| Poetry

| Don McKay, Another Gravity

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  • George Bowering, His Life
  • A. F. Moritz, Rest on the Flight into Egypt
  • John Pass, Water Stair
  • Patricia Young, Ruin and Beauty

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| align="center"| Drama

| Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex

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  • George Boyd, Consecrated Ground
  • Linda Griffiths, Alien Creature
  • Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks, Monster
  • Jason Sherman, It's All True

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| align="center"| Children's literature

| Deborah Ellis, Looking for X

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  • Martha Brooks, Being with Henry
  • Sharon E. McKay, Charlie Wilcox
  • Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew
  • Duncan Thornton, Kalifax

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| align="center"| Children's illustration

| Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story

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  • Nelly Hofer and Ernst Hofer, The Snow Queen
  • Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections
  • Regolo Ricci, The Market Wedding
  • Cybèle Young, Pa's Harvest

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| align="center"| French to English translation

| Robert Majzels, Just Fine (France Daigle, Pas pire)

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  • Sheila Fischman, Terra Firma (Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme)
  • Linda Gaboriau, Down Dangerous Passes Road (Michel Marc Bouchard, Le chemin des Passes-dangereuses)
  • Bobby Theodore, 15 Seconds (François Archambault, 15 secondes)

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French

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| align="center"| Fiction

| Jean-Marc Dalpé, Un vent se lève qui éparpille

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  • Christiane Duchesne, L'Homme des silences
  • Roger Magini, Styx
  • Pierre Samson, Il était une fois une ville
  • Alison Lee Strayer, Jardin et prairie

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| align="center"| Non-fiction

| Gérard Bouchard, Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde

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  • Brian T. Fitch, À l'ombre de la littérature
  • Olga Hazan, Le mythe du progrès artistique
  • Yves Lavertu, Jean-Charles Harvey
  • Robert Major, Convoyages

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| align="center"| Poetry

| Normand de Bellefeuille, La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien

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  • Martine Audet, Orbites
  • Joël Des Rosiers, Vétiver
  • Madeleine Gagnon, Rêve de pierre
  • Claude Paré, Exécuté en chambre

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| align="center"| Drama

| Wajdi Mouawad, Littoral

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  • Geneviève Billette, Crime contre l'humanité
  • Serge Boucher, 24 Poses
  • Jasmine Dubé, L'Arche de Noémie
  • Lise Vaillancourt, Le petit dragon and La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne

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| align="center"| Children's literature

| Charlotte Gingras, Un été de Jade

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  • Guy Dessureault, L'homme au chat
  • François Gravel, L'été de la moustache
  • Gilles Tibo, La Planète du petit géant
  • Hélène Vachon, Le délire de Somerset

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| align="center"| Children's illustration

| Anne Villeneuve, L'Écharpe rouge

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  • Marie-Louise Gay, Sur mon île
  • Pascale Constantin, Gloups!, Bébé-vampire
  • Geneviève Côté, La grande aventure d'un petit mouton noir
  • Gérard DuBois, Riquet à la Houppe

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| align="center"| English to French translation

| Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Un parfum de cèdre

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  • Jude Des Chênes, L'honneur du guerrier
  • Dominique Issenhuth, Amants

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References

  • The Canada Council: CUMULATIVE LIST OF FINALISTS FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS