2009 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, and winning titles will be 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
  • Shelley Hrdlitschka, Sister Wife
  • Sharon Jennings, Home Free
  • Robin Stevenson, A Thousand Shades of Blue
  • Tim Wynne-Jones, The Uninvited
Children's illustration Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree
  • Rachel Berman, Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog
  • Irene Luxbacher, The Imaginary Garden
  • Luc Melanson, My Great Big Mamma
  • Ningeokuluk Teevee, Alego
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
  1. "Alice Munro among writers on GG's shortlist". Toronto Star, October 14, 2009.
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