2012 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2012 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11, and the winners will be announced on November 13.
English-language finalists
Fiction
Linda Spalding, The Purchase- Tamas Dobozy, Siege 13
- Robert Hough, Dr. Brinkley's Tower
- Vincent Lam, The Headmaster's Wager
- Carrie Snyder, The Juliet Stories
Poetry
- Julie Bruck, Monkey Ranch
- David McGimpsey, Li'l Bastard
- A. F. Moritz, The New Measures
- Lisa Pasold, Any Bright Horse
- James Pollock, Sailing to Babylon
Drama
- Catherine Banks, It Is Solved By Walking
- Trina Davies, The Romeo Initiative
- Karen Hines, Drama: Pilot Episode
- Cathy Ostlere and Dennis Garnhum, Lost: A Memoir
- Anusree Roy, Brothel #9
Non-fiction
- Ross King, Leonardo and the Last Supper
- Nahlah Ayed, A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring
- Carol Bishop-Gwyn, The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
- Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
- Noah Richler, What We Talk About When We Talk About War
Children's literature (text)
- Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
- Rachel Hartman, Seraphina
- Deborah Kerbel, Under the Moon
- Judd Palmer, The Umbrella
- Allan Stratton, The Grave Robber's Apprentice
Children's literature (illustration)
- Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf
- Renné Benoit, Big City Bees
- Jon Klassen, House Held Up by Trees
- David Parkins, In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up
- Barbara Reid, Picture a Tree
French-to-English translation
- Nigel Spencer, Mai at the Predator's Ball (Marie-Claire Blais, Mai au bal des prédateurs)
- Sheila Fischman, Ru (Kim Thúy)
- Michael Gilson, Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada’s Sicilian Clan (André Cédilot and André Noël)
- John Murrell, The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs and Thinking of Yu (Carole Fréchette)
- Shelley Tepperman, The List (Jennifer Tremblay)
French-language finalists
Fiction
- France Daigle, Pour sûr
- Ryad Assani-Rizaki, La main d'Iman
- Charles Bolduc, Les truites à mains nues
- Catherine Mavrikakis, Les derniers jours de Smokey Nelson
- Audrée Wilhelmy, Oss
Poetry
- Maude Smith Gagnon, Un drap. Une place.
- Corinne Chevarier, Anatomie de l'objet
- Fredric Gary Comeau, Souffles
- Hélène Dorion, Cœurs, comme livres d’amour
- Christian Saint-Germain, Tomahawk
Drama
- Geneviève Billette, Contre le temps
- Simon Boudreault, D pour Dieu?
- Fabien Cloutier, Billy (Les jours de hurlement)
- Évelyne de la Chenelière, La chair et autres fragments de l'amour
- Philippe Ducros, Dissidents
Non-fiction
- Normand Chaurette, Comment tuer Shakespeare
- Pierre Nepveu, Gaston Miron : La vie d'un homme
- Pascal Riendeau, Méditation et vision de l’essai : Roland Barthes, Milan Kundera et Jacques Brault
- Yannick Roy, La révélation inachevée : le personnage à l’épreuve de la vérité romanesque
Children's literature (text)
- Aline Apostolska, Un été d'amour et de cendres
- Biz, La chute de Sparte (withdrawn from competition)[1]
- Louise Bombardier, Quand j'étais chien
- Camille Bouchard, Le coup de la giraffe
- François Gravel, Hò
Children's literature (illustration)
- Élise Gravel, La clé à molette
- Marion Arbona, Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d'Elko
- Manon Gauthier, Giroflée Pois-Cassé
- Émilie Leduc, La ronde des mois
- Katty Maurey, Quand j'étais chien
English-to-French translation
- Alain Roy, Glenn Gould (Mark Kingwell)
- Sophie Cardinal-Corriveau, Un adieu à la musique (Charles Foran, Carolan's Farewell)
- Dominique Fortier, Une maison dans les nuages (Margaret Laurence, The Prophet's Camel Bell)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Irma Voth (Miriam Toews)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, La petite cousine de Freud (Ann Charney, Distantly Related to Freud)
References
- ^ "Governor General’s Literary Award nod snubbed by Quebec author". Toronto Star, October 3, 2012.
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