2009 Governor General's Awards
Canadian literary award
The shortlisted nominees for the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, and winning titles were announced on November 17 (see 2009 in poetry ).[ 1] Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a copy of their book bound by Montreal bookbinder Lise Dubois.
English
Category
Winner
Nominated
Fiction
Kate Pullinger , The Mistress of Nothing
Non-fiction
M. G. Vassanji , A Place Within: Rediscovering India
Randall Hansen , Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-45
Trevor Herriot , Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
Eric Margolis , American Raj: Liberation or Domination? (Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World)
Eric Siblin , The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece
Poetry
David Zieroth , The Fly in Autumn
Drama
Kevin Loring , Where the Blood Mixes
Children's literature
Caroline Pignat , Greener Grass: The Famine Years
Children's illustration
Jirina Marton , Bella's Tree
French to English translation
Susan Ouriou , Pieces of Me (La liberte? Connais pasa , Charlotte Gingras )
French
Category
Winner
Nominated
Fiction
Julie Mazzieri , Le discours sur la tombe de l'idiot
Non-fiction
Nicole V. Champeau, Pointe Maligne: l'infiniment oubliée
Djemila Benhabib , Ma vie à contre-Coran: une femme témoigne sur les islamistes
Claude Fournier , À force de vivre: mémoires
Céline Lafontaine, La société postmortelle: la mort, l'individu et le lien social à l'ère des communications
Charles Le Blanc, Le complexe d'Hermès: regards philosophiques sur la traduction
Poetry
Hélène Monette , Thérèse pour joie et orchestre
Drama
Suzanne Lebeau , Le bruit des os qui craquent
Children's literature
Hervé Bouchard, Harvey
Jocelyn Boisvert, Mort et déterré
Pierre Chartray and Sylvie Rancourt, Simon et le chasseur de dragons
Michèle Laframboise , La quête de Chaaas, tome 2 – Les vents de Tammerlan
Matthieu Simard, Pavel, épisode 1 – Plus vivant que toutes les pornstars réunies
Children's illustration
Janice Nadeau , Harvey
Philippe Béha , Ulysse et Pénélope
Gérard DuBois , Henri au jardin d'enfants
Pierre Pratt, L'étoile de Sarajevo
Rogé, La vraie histoire de Léo Pointu
English to French translation
Paule Noyart, Le miel d'Harar (Sweetness in the Belly , Camilla Gibb )
References
External links
English-language awards French-language awards Awards by year
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