The
2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by
Adrienne Clarkson,
Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at
Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.
English-language finalists
Fiction
Winner:
- Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson
Other Finalists:
- David Bergen, The Case of Lena S.
- Ann Ireland, Exile
- Wayne Johnston, The Navigator of New York
- Carol Shields, Unless
Poetry
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Tammy Armstrong, Bogman's Music
- Colin Browne, Ground Water
- Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth
- Erin Mouré, O Cidadán
Drama
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Claudia Dey, The Gwendolyn Poems
- Lorena Gale, Je me souviens
- Michael Lewis MacLennan, The Shooting Stage
Nonfiction
Winner:
- Andrew Nikiforuk, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil
Other Finalists:
- Carolyn Abraham, Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain
- Jill Frayne, Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land
- Stephen Henighan, When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing
- Don McKay, Vis ŕ Vis: Fieldnotes on Poetry and Wilderness
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
Other Finalists:
- Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye
- Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey
- John Lekich, The Losers' Club
- Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts
Other Finalists:
- Brian Deines, Dragonfly Kites/pimihákanisa
- Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Fairy of the Forest
- Rogé (Roger Girard), When Pigs Fly
- Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon
Translation (French to English)
Winner:
- Nigel Spencer, Thunder and Light
Other Finalists:
- Sheila Fischman, Twelve Opening Acts
- Linda Gaboriau, Impromptu on Nun's Island
- Liedewy Hawke, The Milky Way
- Lazer Lederhendler, Larry Volt
French Winners
- Fiction Monique LaRue, La Gloire de Cassiodore
- Poetry Robert Dickson, Humains paysages en temps de paix relative
- Drama Daniel Danis, Le Langue-ŕ-Langue des chiens de roche
- Non-Fiction Judith Lavoie for Mark Twain et la parole noire
- Children's Literature Hélčne Vachon, L'oiseau de passage
- Children's Literature - Illustration Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur
- Translation - English to French Paule Pierre-Noyart Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat
Other Governor General's Awards:
2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936
