2020 Governor General's Awards

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The shortlisted nominees for the 2020 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on May 4, 2021, [1] and the winners were announced on June 1. [2] Ordinarily the award shortlists and winners would have been named in fall 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

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English

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction Blueribbon icon.png Michelle Good, Five Little Indians
Non-fiction Blueribbon icon.png Madhur Anand, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart
Poetry Blueribbon icon.png Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
Drama Blueribbon icon.png Kim Senklip Harvey, Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story
Children's literature Blueribbon icon.png Eric Walters, The King of Jam Sandwiches
Children's illustration Blueribbon icon.png The Fan Brothers, The Barnabus Project
French to English translation Blueribbon icon.png Lazer Lederhendler, If You Hear Me (Pascale Quiviger, Si tu m'entends)

French

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction Blueribbon icon.png Sophie Létourneau, Chasse à l'homme
Non-fiction Blueribbon icon.png Frédérique Bernier, Hantises
Poetry Blueribbon icon.png Martine Audet, La Société des cendres
Drama Blueribbon icon.png Martin Bellemare, Cœur minéral
Children's literature Blueribbon icon.png François Blais, Lac Adélard
Children's illustration Blueribbon icon.png Katia Canciani and Guillaume Perreault, Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire
English to French translation Blueribbon icon.png Georgette LeBlanc, Océan (Susan Goyette, Ocean)

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