2014 Governor General's Awards

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The shortlisted nominees for the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2014, [1] and the winners were announced on November 18. [2] Each winner was awarded $25,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.

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English

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction Blueribbon icon.png Thomas King, The Back of the Turtle [2]
Non-fiction Blueribbon icon.png Michael Harris, The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection [2]
Poetry Blueribbon icon.png Arleen Paré, Lake of Two Mountains [2]
Drama Blueribbon icon.png Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays [2]
Children's literature Blueribbon icon.png Raziel Reid, When Everything Feels Like the Movies [2]
Children's illustration Blueribbon icon.png Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer [2]
French to English translation Blueribbon icon.png Peter Feldstein, Paul-Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography (François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) : biographie critique et analyse de l'œuvre) [2]

French

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction Blueribbon icon.png Andrée A. Michaud, Bondrée [2]
Non-fiction Blueribbon icon.png Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Tenir tête [2]
Poetry Blueribbon icon.png José Acquelin, Anarchie de la lumière [2]
Drama Blueribbon icon.png Carole Fréchette, Small Talk [2]
Children's literature Blueribbon icon.png Linda Amyot, Le jardin d'Amsterdam [2]
Children's illustration Blueribbon icon.png Marianne Dubuc, Le lion et l'oiseau [2]
English to French translation Blueribbon icon.png Daniel Poliquin, L'Indien malcommode: un portrait inattendu des Autochtones d'Amérique du Nord (Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America) [2]

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