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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