2022 Governor General's Awards

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The shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 12, 2022, [1] and the winners were announced on November 16. [2]

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English

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction Blueribbon icon.png Sheila Heti, Pure Colour [2]
Non-fiction Blueribbon icon.png Eli Baxter, Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth [2]
Poetry Blueribbon icon.png Annick MacAskill, Shadow Blight [2]
Drama Blueribbon icon.png Dorothy Dittrich, The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key [2]
Children's literature Blueribbon icon.png Jen Ferguson, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet [2]
Children's illustration Blueribbon icon.png Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi, The Sour Cherry Tree [2]
French to English translation Blueribbon icon.png Judith Weisz Woodsworth, History of the Jews in Quebec (Pierre Anctil, Histoire des juifs du Québec) [2]

French

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction Blueribbon icon.png Alain Farah, Mille secrets mille dangers [3]
Non-fiction Blueribbon icon.png Sylveline Bourion, La Voie romaine [3]
Poetry Blueribbon icon.png Maya Cousineau Mollen, Enfants du lichen [3]
Drama Blueribbon icon.png David Paquet, Le poids des fourmis [3]
Children's literature Blueribbon icon.png Julie Champagne, Cancer ascendant Autruche [3]
Children's illustration Blueribbon icon.png Nadine Robert and Qin Leng, Trèfle [3]
English to French translation Blueribbon icon.png Mélissa Verreault, Partie de chasse au petit gibier entre lâches au club de tir du coin (Megan Gail Coles, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club) [3]

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<i>Shadow Blight</i> Book by Annick MacAskill

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<i>The Sour Cherry Tree</i> Book by Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi

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<i>The Summer of Bitter and Sweet</i> Novel by Jen Ferguson

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<i>History of the Jews in Quebec</i> Book by Pierre Anctil

History of the Jews in Quebec is an English translation of the 2017 book Histoire des Juifs du Québec, written by Canadian author and historian Pierre Anctil, and translated by Canadian academic Judith Weisz Woodsworth. It was published in September 2021 by University of Ottawa Press and is the winner of the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for French to English translation.

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