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]
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction |  Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan |
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| Non-fiction | Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap |
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| Poetry | George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems |
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| Drama | Kent Stetson, The Harps of God |
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| Children's literature | Arthur Slade, Dust |
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| Children's illustration | Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup |
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| French to English translation | Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara) |
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| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction | Andrée A. Michaud, Le ravissement |
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| Non-fiction | Renée Dupuis, Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion |
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| Poetry | Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres portées |
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| Drama | Normand Chaurette, Le Petit Köchel |
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| Children's literature | Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines |
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| Children's illustration | Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants |
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| English to French translation | Michel Saint-Germain, No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques |
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Events from the year 2001 in Canada.
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