2021 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2021 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, 2021,[1] and the winners were announced on November 17.[2] The 2021 awards returned to their traditional scheduling and presentation in the fall of the year, following the postponement of the 2020 Governor General's Awards to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

English

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Norma Dunning, Tainna
Non-fiction   Sadiqa de Meijer, alfabet/alphabet: a memoir of a first language
Poetry   Tolu Oloruntoba, The Junta of Happenstance
Drama   Hannah Moscovitch, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
Children's literature   Philippa Dowding, Firefly
Children's illustration   David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, On the Trapline
French to English translation   Erín Moure, This Radiant Life (Chantal Neveu, La vie radieuse)

French

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Fanny Britt, Faire les sucres
Non-fiction   Serge Bouchard and Mark Fortier, Du diesel dans les veines
Poetry   Tania Langlais, Pendant que Perceval tombait
Drama   Mishka Lavigne, Copeaux
Children's literature   Jean-François Sénéchal, Les Avenues
Children's illustration   Mario Brassard and Gérard DuBois, À qui appartiennent les nuages ?
English to French translation   Marie Frankland, Poèmes 1938-1984 (Elizabeth Smart, The Collected Poems)

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