Canadian literary award
The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit , seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts .
The program was created and inaugurated in 1937, for 1936 publications in two categories, conventionally called the 1936 awards. French-language works were first recognized by the 1959 Governor General's Awards .[ 1] Prior to 1959, the Canada Council did not present any awards for French-language literature, although four works originally published in French — Ringuet 's Thirty Acres , Germaine Guèvremont 's The Outlander , and Gabrielle Roy 's The Tin Flute and Street of Riches — won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction when a follow-up English translation was published.
The winners alone were announced until 1979, when Canada Council released in advance a shortlist of three nominees. Since then, the advance shortlist has numbered three to six; from 2002, always five.
Winners and nominees
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1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
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2010s
2020s
References
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"Governor General's Literary Awards" [table of winners, 1936–1999]. online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-18.
^ a b c d e f g "Past GGBooks winners and finalists" . Governor General's Literary Awards . Retrieved 2021-11-27 .
^ "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction" . The Globe and Mail , November 18, 2014.
^ "La Québécoise Sophie Létourneau lauréate d’un Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général" . Ici Radio-Canada , June 1, 2021.
^ "Finale entre femmes pour le Prix du GG en roman" . Le Devoir , May 5, 2021.
^ Maalouf, Laila (2021-11-17). "Fanny Britt remporte le Prix du Gouverneur général" [Fanny Britt wins Governor General's Award]. La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2021-11-17 .
^ Martin Nolibé, "Prix du Gouverneur général: une nomination posthume pour Serge Bouchard" . Métro , October 14, 2021.
^ Laila Maalouf, "Alain Farah remporte le Prix du Gouverneur général" . La Presse , November 16, 2022.
^ Chantal Fontaine, "Dévoilement des finalistes des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général" . Les Libraires , October 12, 2022.
^ Anne-Frédérique Hébert-Dolbec, "Marie-Hélène Poitras remporte le Prix du Gouverneur général" . Le Devoir , November 8, 2023.
^ Chantal Fontaine, "Le Conseil des arts du Canada a dévoilé les finalistes des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général" . Les Libraires , October 25, 2023.
^ Laila Maalouf, "Emmanuelle Pierrot et Léa Clermont-Dion parmi les finalistes" . La Presse , October 8, 2024.
English-language awards French-language awards Awards by year