The 2000 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall.
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
*Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost
Other Finalists:
*Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
*Austin Clarke, The Question
*David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children
*Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
Poetry
Winner:
*Don McKay, Another Gravity
Other Finalists:
*George Bowering, His Life
*A.F. Moritz, Rest on the Flight into Egypt
*John Pass, Water Stair
*Patricia Young, Ruin and Beauty
Drama
Winner:
*Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex
Other Finalists:
*George Boyd, Consecrated Ground
*Linda Griffiths, Alien Creature
*Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks, Monster
*Jason Sherman, It's All True
Nonfiction
Winner:
*Nega Mezlekia, Notes from the Hyena's Belly
Other Finalists:
*Robert Bringhurst, A Story as Sharp as a Knife
*Trevor Herriot, River in a Dry Land
*A. B. McKillop, The Spinster and the Prophet
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
*Deborah Ellis, Looking for X
Other Finalists:
*Martha Brooks, Being with Henry
*Sharon E. McKay, Charlie Wilcox
*Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew
*Duncan Thornton, Kalifax
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
*Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story
Other Finalists:
*Nelly and Ernst Hofer, The Snow Queen
*Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections
*Regolo Ricci, The Market Wedding
*Cybèle Young, Pa's Harvest
Translation (French to English)
Winner:
*Robert Majzels, Just Fine
Other Finalists:
*Sheila Fischman, Terra Firma
*Linda Gaboriau, Down Dangerous Passes Road
*Bobby Theodore, 15 Seconds
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
*Jean-Marc Dalpé, Un vent se lève qui éparpille
Other Finalists:
*Christiane Duchesne, L'Homme des silences
*Roger Magini, Styx
*Pierre Samson, Il était une fois une ville
*Alison Lee Strayer, Jardin et prairie
Poetry
Winner:
*Normand de Bellefeuille, La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien
Other Finalists:
*Martine Audet, Orbites
*Joël Des Rosiers, Vétiver
*Madeleine Gagnon, Rêve de pierre
*Claude Paré, Exécuté en chambre
Drama
Winner:
*Wajdi Mouawad, Littoral
Other Finalists:
*Geneviève Billette, Crime contre l'humanité
*Serge Boucher, 24 Poses
*Jasmine Dubé, L'Arche de Noémie
*Lise Vaillancourt, Le petit dragon, et La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne
Nonfiction
Winner:
*Gérard Bouchard, Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde
Other Finalists:
*Brian T. Fitch, À l'ombre de la littérature
*Olga Hazan, Le mythe du progrès artistique
*Yves Lavertu, Jean-Charles Harvey
*Robert Major, Convoyages
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
*Charlotte Gingras, Un été de Jade
Other Finalists:
*Guy Dessureault, L'homme au chat
*François Gravel, L'été de la moustache
*Gilles Tibo, La Planète du petit géant
*Hélène Vachon, Le délire de Somerset
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
*Anne Villeneuve, L'Écharpe rouge
Other Finalists:
*Marie-Louise Gay, Sur mon île
*Pascale Constantin, Gloups!, Bébé-vampire
*Geneviève Côté, La grande aventure d'un petit mouton noir
*Gérard Dubois, Riquet à la Houppe
Translation (English to French)
Winner:
*Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Un parfum de cèdre
Other Finalists:
*Jude Des Chênes, L'honneur du guerrier
*Dominique Issenhuth, Amants
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