2011 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2011 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11,^[1] and the winners were announced on November 15.^[2]

English

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers	David Bezmozgis, The Free World Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues Marina Endicott, The Little Shadows Alexi Zentner, Touch
Non-fiction	Charles Foran, Mordecai: The Life & Times	Nathan M. Greenfield, The Damned: The Canadians at the Battle of Hong Kong and the POW Experience, 1941-45 Richard Gwyn, Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891 JJ Lee, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests
Poetry	Phil Hall, Killdeer	Michael Boughn, Cosmographia: A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-Epic Kate Eichhorn, Fieldnotes, A Forensic Garry Thomas Morse, Discovery Passages Susan Musgrave, Origami Dove
Drama	Erin Shields, If We Were Birds	Brendan Gall, Minor Complications: Two Plays Jonathan Garfinkel, House of Many Tongues Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Gas Girls Vern Thiessen, Lenin’s Embalmers
Children's literature	Christopher Moore, From Then to Now: A Short History of the World	Jan L. Coates, A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk Deborah Ellis, No Ordinary Day Kenneth Oppel, This Dark Endeavour Tim Wynne-Jones, Blink & Caution
Children's illustration	Cybèle Young, Ten Birds	Isabelle Arsenault, Migrant Kim La Fave, Fishing with Gubby Renata Liwska, Red Wagon Frank Viva, Along a Long Road
French to English translation	Donald Winkler, Partita for Glenn Gould (Partita pour Glenn Gould, Georges Leroux)	Judith Cowan, Meridian Line (Origine des méridiens, Paul Bélanger) David Scott Hamilton, Exit (Paradis, clef en main, Nelly Arcan) Lazer Lederhendler, Apocalypse for Beginners (Tarmac, Nicolas Dickner) Lazer Lederhendler, Dirty Feet (Les pieds sales, Edem Awumey)

French

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Perrine Leblanc, L'homme blanc	Alain Beaulieu, Le postier Passila Jean-Simon Desrochers, Les sabliers de solitude Tassia Trifiatis, Mère-grand Mélanie Vincelette, Polynie
Non-fiction	Georges Leroux, Wanderer : essai sur le Voyage d’hiver de Franz Schubert	Karine Cellard, Leçons de littérature : un siècle de manuels scolaires au Québec Henri Dorion and Jean-Paul Lacasse, Le Québec : territoire incertain Catherine Leclerc, Des langues en partage? Cohabitation du français et de l'anglais en littérature contemporaine Patrick Tillard, De Bartleby aux écrivains négatifs : une approche de la négation
Poetry	Louise Dupré, Plus haut que les flammes	Martine Audet, Je demande pardon à l'espèce qui brille (Les Grands cimitières II) Roger Des Roches, Le nouveau temps du verbe être Patrick Lafontaine, Grève du zèle Jean-François Poupart, L'Or de Klimt
Drama	Normand Chaurette, Ce qui meurt en dernier	Steve Gagnon, La montagne rouge (SANG) Pierre-Luc Lasalle, Judith aussi Étienne Lepage, L'enclos de l'éléphant Wajdi Mouawad, Journée de noces chez les Cromagnons
Children's literature	Martin Fournier, Les aventures de Radisson - 1. L’enfer ne brûle pas	Anne Bernard-Lenoir, Enigmae.com - 3. L’orteil de Paros Camille Bouchard, Un massacre magnifique Mario Brassard, La saison des pluies Pierre Marmiesse, Sous le signe d’Exu - 1. Initiation
Children's illustration	Caroline Merola, Lili et les poilus	Sophie Casson, Quelle pagaille! Shea Chang, Tarentelle Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal, Bill Chocottes, le héros qui avait peur Rogé, Haïti, mon pays
English to French translation	Maryse Warda, Toxique ou l'incident dans l'autobus (The Toxic Bus Incident, Greg MacArthur)	Geneviève Letarte, Le week-end en Bourgogne (Mavis Gallant, Going Ashore) Sophie Voillot, Le droit chemin (David Homel, Mid Way)

References

1. "Edugyan, deWitt shortlisted for Governor General literary award". Toronto Star, October 11, 2011.
2. "G-G winner Patrick deWitt says grant ‘saved’ him". The Globe and Mail, November 15, 2011.

External links

• Governor General's Awards