2001 Governor General's Awards Explained

The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14.^[1] Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.^[2]

English

width=15%	Category	width=30%	Winner	width=55%	Nominated
Fiction	Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan	Yann Martel, Life of Pi Tessa McWatt, Dragons Cry Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers Thomas Wharton, Salamander
Non-fiction	Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap	Susan Crean, The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr Ross A. Laird, Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft Alberto Manguel, Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate Jack Todd, The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story
Poetry	George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems	Anne Carson, Men in the Off Hours Phil Hall, Trouble Sleeping Robert Kroetsch, The Hornbooks of Rita K. Steve McCaffery, Seven Pages Missing
Drama	Kent Stetson, The Harps of God	Mark Brownell, Monsieur d'Eon Clem Martini, A Three Martini Lunch Michael Redhill, Building Jerusalem Jason Sherman, An Acre of Time: The Play
Children's literature	Arthur Slade, Dust	Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice Beth Goobie, Before Wings Julie Johnston, In Spite of Killer Bees Teresa Toten, The Game
Children's illustration	Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup	Harvey Chan, Wild Bog Tea Murray Kimber, The Wolf of Gubbio Kim LaFave, We'll All Go Sailing Cindy Revell, Mallory and the Power Boy
French to English translation	Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara)	Sheila Fischman, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (Gaétan Soucy, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Gail Scott, The Sailor's Disquiet (Michael Delisle, Le Désarroi du matelot)

French

width=15%	Category	width=30%	Winner	width=55%	Nominated
Fiction	Andrée A. Michaud,	Marie-Claire Blais, Rachel Leclerc,
Non-fiction	Renée Dupuis,	Jacques Allard, Michel Biron, Madeleine Gagnon, Jacques B. Gélinas,
Poetry	Paul Chanel Malenfant,	Tania Langlais, Hélène Monette, Stefan Psenak, Jean-Philippe Raîche,
Drama	Normand Chaurette,	François Archambault, Réjane Charpentier, Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in
Children's literature	Christiane Duchesne,	Cécile Gagnon, Ann Lamontagne, Marthe Pelletier, Jean-Michel Schembré,
Children's illustration	Bruce Roberts,	Marjolaine Bonenfant, Pascale Constantin, Stéphane Poulin, Mylène Pratt,
English to French translation	Michel Saint-Germain,	Agnès Guitard, Maryse Warda,

References

1. "Governor General's award follows on top of the Giller: Novelist Richard Wright has good week". Prince George Citizen, November 15, 2001.
2. "Urquhart, Wright get GG award nominations". The Telegram, October 24, 2001.