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2007 Governor General's Awards
Canadian literary award
Canadian literary award
The 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented December 13. The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and "a specially crafted copy of the winning book".
The $25,000 cash prize had been "increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council's 50th anniversary". The publishers of winning books continued to receive $3000, the creators of losing finalists $1000.
English
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | '*Michael Ondaatje, *Divisadero''''' | |
| Non-fiction | '*Karolyn Smardz Frost, *I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad''''' | |
| Poetry | '*Don Domanski, *All Our Wonder Unavenged''''' | |
| Drama | '*Colleen Murphy, *The December Man''''' | |
| Children's literature | '*Iain Lawrence, *Gemini Summer''''' | |
| Children's illustration | '*Duncan Weller, *The Boy from the Sun''''' | |
| French to English translation | '*Nigel Spencer, *Augustino and the Choir of Destruction'''* (Marie-Claire Blais, *Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction'') |
French
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | '*Sylvain Trudel, *La mer de la tranquillité''''' | |
| Non-fiction | '*Annette Hayward, *La querelle du régionalisme au Québec (1904-1931): Vers l'autonomisation de la littérature québécoise''''' | |
| Poetry | '*Serge Patrice Thibodeau, *Seul on est''''' | |
| Drama | '*Daniel Danis, *Le chant du Dire-Dire''''' | |
| Children's literature | '*François Barcelo, *La fatigante et le fainéant''''' | |
| Children's illustration | '*Geneviève Côté, *La petite rapporteuse de mots''''' | |
| English to French translation | '*Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, *Dernières notes'''* (Tamas Dobozy, *Last Notes and Other Stories'') |
References
"The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2007 Governor General's Literary Awards". News Releases – 2007. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 16, 2007. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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