The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14."Governor General's award follows on top of the Giller: Novelist Richard Wright has good week". Prince George Citizen, November 15, 2001. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000."Urquhart, Wright get GG award nominations". The Telegram, October 24, 2001.
English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Richard B. Wright, Clara CallanYann Martel, Life of Pi Tessa McWatt, Dragons Cry Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers Thomas Wharton, Salamander Non-fiction Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity GapSusan Crean, The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr Ross A. Laird, Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft Alberto Manguel, Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate Jack Todd, The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story Poetry George Elliott Clarke, Execution PoemsAnne Carson, Men in the Off Hours Phil Hall, Trouble Sleeping Robert Kroetsch, The Hornbooks of Rita K. Steve McCaffery, Seven Pages Missing Drama Kent Stetson, The Harps of GodMark Brownell, Monsieur d'Eon Clem Martini, A Three Martini Lunch Michael Redhill, Building Jerusalem Jason Sherman, An Acre of Time: The Play Children's literature Arthur Slade, DustBrian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice Beth Goobie, Before Wings Julie Johnston, In Spite of Killer Bees Teresa Toten, The Game Children's illustration Mireille Levert, An Island in the SoupHarvey Chan, Wild Bog Tea Murray Kimber, The Wolf of Gubbio Kim LaFave, We'll All Go Sailing Cindy Revell, Mallory and the Power Boy French to English translation Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara)Sheila Fischman, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (Gaétan Soucy, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Gail Scott, The Sailor's Disquiet (Michael Delisle, Le Désarroi du matelot)
French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Andrée A. Michaud, Marie-Claire Blais, Rachel Leclerc, Non-fiction Renée Dupuis, Jacques Allard, Michel Biron, Madeleine Gagnon, Jacques B. Gélinas, Poetry Paul Chanel Malenfant, Tania Langlais, Hélène Monette, Stefan Psenak, Jean-Philippe Raîche, Drama Normand Chaurette, François Archambault, Réjane Charpentier, Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in Children's literature Christiane Duchesne, Cécile Gagnon, Ann Lamontagne, Marthe Pelletier, Jean-Michel Schembré, Children's illustration Bruce Roberts, Marjolaine Bonenfant, Pascale Constantin, Stéphane Poulin, Mylène Pratt, English to French translation Michel Saint-Germain, Agnès Guitard, Maryse Warda,
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