2014 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2014,[1] and the winners were announced on November 18.[2] Each winner was awarded $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.

English
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle[2]
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Michael Harris, The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection[2]
Poetry Blue ribbon Arleen Paré, Lake of Two Mountains[2]
Drama Blue ribbon Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays[2]
Children's literature Blue ribbon Raziel Reid, When Everything Feels Like the Movies[2]
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer[2]
French to English translation Blue ribbon Peter Feldstein, Paul-Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography (François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) : biographie critique et analyse de l'œuvre)[2]

French
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Andrée A. Michaud, Bondrée[2]
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Tenir tête[2]
Poetry Blue ribbon José Acquelin, Anarchie de la lumière[2]
Drama Blue ribbon Carole Fréchette, Small Talk[2]
  • François Archambault, Tu te souviendras de moi
  • Simon Boudreault, As is (tel quel)
  • Olivier Kemeid, Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle
  • Étienne Lepage, Histoires pour faire des cauchemars
Children's literature Blue ribbon Linda Amyot, Le jardin d'Amsterdam[2]
  • India Desjardins, Le Noël de Marguerite
  • Patrick Isabelle, Eux
  • Jean-François Sénéchal, Feu
  • Mélanie Tellier, Fiona
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Marianne Dubuc, Le lion et l'oiseau[2]
  • Pascal Blanchet, Le Noël de Marguerite
  • Manon Gauthier, Grand-mère, elle et moi…
  • Isabelle Malenfant, Pablo trouve un trésor
  • Pierre Pratt, Gustave
English to French translation Blue ribbon Daniel Poliquin, L'Indien malcommode: un portrait inattendu des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord (Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America)[2]

References
  1. "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
  2. "Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2014.
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