2002 Governor General's Awards
The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.
English
| Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
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| Fiction |
 Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson |
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| Non-fiction |
Andrew Nikiforuk, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil |
- Carolyn Abraham, Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain
- Jill Frayne, Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land
- Stephen Henighan, When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing
- Don McKay, Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness
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| Poetry |
Roy Miki, Surrender |
- Tammy Armstrong, Bogman's Music
- Colin Browne, Ground Water
- Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth
- Erin Mouré, O Cidadán
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| Drama |
Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918) |
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| Children's literature |
Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl |
- Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye
- Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey
- John Lekich, The Losers' Club
- Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase
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| Children's illustration |
Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts |
- Brian Deines, Dragonfly Kites/pimihákanisa
- Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Fairy of the Forest
- Rogé, When Pigs Fly
- Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon
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| French to English translation |
Nigel Spencer, Thunder and Light |
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French
| Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
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| Fiction |
Monique LaRue, La Gloire de Cassiodore |
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| Non-fiction |
Judith Lavoie, Mark Twain et la parole noire |
- Claude Lévesque, Par-delà le masculin et le féminin
- Lucie K. Morriset, La mémoire du paysage — Histoire de la forme urbain d'un centre-ville: Saint-Roch, Québec
- Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge, Réjean Ducharme: Une poétique du débris
- Émile Ollivier, Repérages
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| Poetry |
Robert Dickson, Humains paysages en temps de paix relative |
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| Drama |
Daniel Danis, Le Langue-à-Langue des chiens de roche |
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| Children's literature |
Hélène Vachon, L'oiseau de passage |
- Dominique Demers, Ta voix dans la nuit
- François Gravel, David et la maison de la sorcière
- Sylvain Meunier, Le seul ami
- Pierre Roy, Une tonne de patates!
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| Children's illustration |
Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur |
- Philippe Béha, La reine rouge
- Jean-Marie Benoit, Le voyage à l'envers
- Guy England, L'ami perdu
- Mylène Pratt, Décroche-moi la lune
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| English to French translation |
Paule Noyart, Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat |
- Florence Bernard, F. R. Scott: une vie
- Jean Paré, La révolution des droits
- Carole Sadelain, La nature des économies
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Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit