Governor General's Award for English to French translation

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This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for English-to-French translation awarded by the Governor-General of Canada.

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Winners and nominees

1980s

Year [1] AuthorTitleTranslated work
1987 Ivan Steenhout, Christiane Teasdale L'Homme qui se croyait aimé Heather Robertson, Willie: A Romance
Jean-Pierre Fournier Jacob Deux-Deux et le dinosaure Mordecai Richler, Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
Ivan Steenhout La couleur du sang Brian Moore, The Colour of Blood
Claudine Vivier La Dialectique de la reproduction Mary O'Brien, The Politics of Reproduction
1988 Didier Holtzwarth Nucléus Robert Bothwell, Nucleus: A History of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Gérard Boulad Profession: Religieuse Marta Danylewycz, Taking the Veil
Jean Lévesque, Michèle Venet Le Rêve d'une génération Merrily Weisbord, The Strangest Dream: Canadian Communists, the Spy Trials and the Cold War
Michel Saint-Germain Flagrant Délice James Burke, Arnold Manweiler, If It Weren't for Sex, I'd Have to Get a Job
1989 Jean Antonin Billard Les Âges de l'amour Dorothy Livesay, The Phases of Love
Ronald Guévremont Comme un vent chaud de Chine Kent Stetson, Warm Wind in China
Christine Klein-Lataud Un Oiseau dans la maison Margaret Laurence, A Bird in the House

1990s

Year [1] AuthorTitleTranslated work
1990 Charlotte Melançon, Robert Melançon Le Second rouleau A. M. Klein, The Second Scroll
Claire Dupond Lettres à un ami québécois Philip Resnick, Letters to a Québécois Friend
Ivan Steenhout Onyx John Trevor Ferguson, Onyx John
1991 Jean-Paul Sainte-Marie, Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan Les Enfants d'Aataentsic: l'histoire du peuple huron Bruce Trigger, The Children of Aataentsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660
Jean Antonin Billard, Christine Le Boeuf Orages électriques David Homel, Electrical Storms
Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan Le Canada au temps des aventuriers Robert McGhee, Canada Rediscovered
Michèle Marineau Sur le rivage Lucy Maud Montgomery, Along the Shore
Colette Tonge Un heureux canular Robertson Davies, Leaven of Malice
1992 Jean Papineau La mémoire postmoderne Mark A. Cheetham, Remembering Postmodernism: Trends in Recent Canadian Art
Marie-Luce Constant Les princes marchands Peter C. Newman, Company of Adventurers
Hervé Juste Le Canada aux enchères Linda McQuaig, The Quick and the Dead
Michèle Marineau Le monde merveilleux de Marigold Lucy Maud Montgomery, Magic for Marigold
1993 Marie José Thériault L'Oeuvre du Gallois Robert Walshe, Wales' Work
Hervé Juste Histoire de la sécurité sociale au Canada Dennis Guest, The Emergence of Social Security in Canada
Charlotte Melançon Grandeur et misère de la modernité Charles Taylor, The Malaise of Modernity
1994 Jude Des Chênes Le mythe du sauvage Olive Dickason, Myth of the Savage
Claire Dupond, Hervé Juste Les spécialistes des sciences sociales et la politique au Canada Stephen Brooks, Alain Gagnon, Social Scientists and Politics in Canada: Between Clerisy and Vanguard
Michèle Marineau Au-delà des ténèbres Lucy Maud Montgomery, Among the Shadows
Normand Paiement, Hervé Juste Les Géants des ordures Harold Crooks, Giants of Garbage
Daniel Poliquin Le récit de voyage en Nouvelle–France de l'abbé peintre Hugues Pommier Douglas Glover, A Guide to Animal Behaviour
1995 Hervé Juste Entre l'ordre et la liberté Gérald Bernier, Daniel Salée, The Shaping of Quebec Politics and Society: Colonialism, Power and the Transition of Capitalism in the 19th Century
Michèle Causse Loyale à la chasse Dôre Michelut, Loyalty to the Hunt
Hervé Juste Trudeau : l'illusion héroïque Christina McCall, Stephen Clarkson, Trudeau and Our Times, Volume 2: The Heroic Delusion
Anne Malena La Maraude Kristjana Gunnars, The Prowler
Marie José Thériault À l'aube de lendemains précaires Neil Bissoondath, On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows
1996 Christiane Teasdale Systèmes de survie: Dialogue sur les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique Jane Jacobs, Systems of Survival
Pierre DesRuisseaux Contre-taille – Poèmes choisis de vingt-cinq auteurs canadiens-anglaisAnthology of selected poetry by 25 English Canadian poets
Hélène Le Beau Les Dangers de la pensée critique Stephen Schecter, The Dangers of Critical Thought
1997 Marie José Thériault Arracher les montagnes Neil Bissoondath, Digging the Mountains
François Barcelo La Face cachée des pierres George Szanto, The Underside of Stones
Nicole Côté Verre de tempête Jane Urquhart, Storm Glass
Pierrot Lambert L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine Bernard Lonergan, Insight: A Study of Human Understanding
1998 Charlotte Melançon Les Sources du moi: La Formation de l'identité moderne Charles Taylor, Sources of the Self
Paule Noyart Leonard Cohen : Le Canadien errant Ira Nadel, Leonard Cohen
Hélène Rioux Self Yann Martel, Self
1999 Jacques Brault Transfiguration E. D. Blodgett, Transfiguration
Charlotte Melançon Réflexions d'un frère siamois John Ralston Saul, Reflections of a Siamese Twin: Canada at the End of the Twentieth Century
Marie José Thériault Ours Marian Engel, Bear

2000s

Year [1] AuthorTitleTranslated work
2000 Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Un parfum de cèdre Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
Jude Des Chênes L'honneur du guerrier Michael Ignatieff, Warrior's Honour: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience
Dominique Issenhuth Amants Charles Foran, Butterfly Lovers
2001 Michel Saint-Germain No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques Naomi Klein, No Logo
Agnès Guitard Les hauturiers: ils précédèrent les Vikings en Amérique Farley Mowat, The Farfarers: Before the Norse
Maryse Warda Motel de passage George F. Walker, Suburban Motel
2002 Paule Noyart Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat Elizabeth Abbott, A History of Celibacy
Florence Bernard F. R. Scott: une vie Sandra Djwa, F.R. Scott: The Politics of the Imagination
Jean Paré La révolution des droits Michael Ignatieff, The Rights Revolution
Carole Sadelain La nature des économies Jane Jacobs, The Nature of Economies
2003 Agnès Guitard Un amour de Salomé Linda Leith, The Tragedy Queen
Yolande Amzallag Le canari éthique: science, société et esprit humain Margaret Somerville, The Ethical Canary: Science, Society, and the Human Spirit
Paule Noyart L’Or bleu: l’eau, nouvel enjeu stratégique et commercial Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke, Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water
Hélène Paré L’histoire spectacle: le cas du tricentenaire de Québec H. V. Nelles, The Art of Nation Building: Pageantry and Spectacle at Quebec's Tercentenary
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné L’analyste David Homel, The Speaking Cure
2004 Ivan Steenhout Les Indes accidentelles Robert Finley, The Accidental Indies
Claire Dé Le cahier d'Hellman Robert Majzels, Hellman's Scrapbook
Carole Noël Ce qu'il nous reste Aislinn Hunter, What's Left Us
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Le Pas de l'ourse Douglas Glover, Elle
Claudine Vivier La Rivière disparue Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice
2005 Rachel Martinez Glenn Gould: une vie Kevin Bazzana, Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould
Benoit Léger Miracles en série Carol Shields, Various Miracles
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Drôle de tendresse Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné La fille du Kamikaze Kerri Sakamoto, One Hundred Million Hearts
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Le Vol du corbeau Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies
2006 Sophie Voillot Un jardin de papier Thomas Wharton, Salamander
Dominique Fortier Parlez-vous boro: voyage aux pays des langues menacées Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages
Dominique Fortier L’Arbre: une vie David Suzuki, Wayne Grady, Tree: A Life Story
Daniel Poliquin L’homme qui voulait boire la mer Pan Bouyoucas, The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné L’Odyssée de Pénélope Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
2007 Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Dernières notes Tamas Dobozy, Last Notes and Other Stories
Suzanne Anfossi Trudeau: Citoyen du monde, tome 1: 1919-1968 John English, Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968
Marie Frankland La chaise berçante A. M. Klein, The Rocking Chair
Claudine Vivier Pas l’ombre d’une trace Norah McClintock, Not a Trace
Sophie Voillot La fin de l’alphabet C. S. Richardson, The End of the Alphabet
2008 Claire Chabalier, Louise Chabalier Tracey en mille morceaux Maureen Medved, The Tracey Fragments
Dominique Bouchard Les grands lacs: histoire naturelle d’une région en perpétuelle mutation Wayne Grady, The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region
Jean-Marc Dalpé Roc & rail: Trains fantômes suivi de Slague: l’histoire d’un mineur Mansel Robinson, Rock ’n Rail: Ghost Trains and Spitting Slag
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Big Bang Neil Smith, Bang Crunch
Sophie Voillot Logogryphe Thomas Wharton, The Logogryph
2009 Paule Noyart Le miel d'Harar Camilla Gibb, Sweetness in the Belly
Sylvie Nicolas Lundi sans faute Joel Thomas Hynes, Right Away Monday
Hélène Rioux Certitudes Madeleine Thien, Certainty
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Cartes postales de l'enfer Neil Bissoondath, The Soul of All Great Designs
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné La veuve Gil Adamson, The Outlander

2010s

Year [1] AuthorTitleTranslated work
2010 Sophie Voillot Le cafard Rawi Hage, Cockroach
Geneviève Letarte, Alison L. Strayer Rencontres fortuites Mavis Gallant, A Fairly Good Time
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Sale argent : petit traité d’économie à l’intention des détracteurs du capitalisme Joseph Heath, Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Les Troutman volants Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans
Claudine Vivier L'exode des loups Sharon Stewart, Wolf Rider
2011 Maryse Warda Toxique ou L’incident dans l’autobus Greg MacArthur, The Toxic Bus Incident
Geneviève Letarte Le week-end en Bourgogne Mavis Gallant, Going Ashore
Sophie Voillot Le droit chemin David Homel, Mid Way
2012 Alain Roy Glenn Gould Mark Kingwell, Glenn Gould
Sophie Cardinal-Corriveau Un adieu à la musique Charles Foran, Carolan's Farewell
Dominique Fortier Une maison dans les nuages Margaret Laurence, The Prophet's Camel Bell
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Irma Voth Miriam Toews, Irma Voth
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné La petite cousine de Freud Ann Charney, Distantly Related to Freud
2013 [2] Sophie Voillot L'enfant du jeudi Alison Pick, Far to Go
Rachel Martinez Les maux d'Ambroise Bukowski Susin Nielsen, Word Nerd
Daniel Poliquin Du village à la ville: comment les migrants changent le monde Doug Saunders, Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World
Hélène Rioux Le cousin John Calabro, The Cousin
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Jamais je ne t'oublierai Miriam Toews, Swing Low: A Life
2014 [3] 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
Éric Fontaine Les Blondes Emily Schultz, The Blondes
Hervé Juste Poisson d’avril Josip Novakovich, April Fool's Day
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné La femme Hokusai Katherine Govier, The Ghost Brush
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Une brève histoire des Indiens au Canada Thomas King, A Short History of Indians in Canada
2015 Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Solomon Gursky Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky Was Here
Christiane Duchesne Élisabeth dans le pétrin Susan Glickman, Bernadette in the Doghouse
Catherine Ego Voisins et ennemis. La Guerre de sécession et l'invention du Canada John Boyko, Blood and Daring : How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation
Marie Frankland MxT Sina Queyras, MxT
Rachel Martinez Ma vie (racontée malgré moi) par Henry K. Larsen Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
2016 Catherine Ego La destruction des Indiens des Plaines : maladies, famines organisées, disparition du mode de vie autochtone James Daschuk, Clearing the Plains
Christophe Bernard Les hautes montagnes du Portugal Yann Martel, The High Mountains of Portugal
Daniel Poliquin Le grand retour : le réveil autochtone John Ralston Saul, The Comeback
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Joshua Mordecai Richler, Joshua Then and Now
Madeleine Stratford Elle nage Marianne Apostolides, Swim
2017 Daniel Poliquin Un barbare en Chine nouvelle Alexandre Trudeau, Barbarian Lost: Travels in the New China
Carole Noël, Marianne Noël-Allen Le Sans-papiers Lawrence Hill, The Illegal
Paule Noyart La disparition d'Heinrich Schlögel Martha Baillie, The Search for Heinrich Schlögel
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Premières lueurs : mon combat contre le trouble de stress post-traumatique Roméo Dallaire, Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD
Sophie Voillot Le sous-majordome Patrick deWitt, Undermajordomo Minor
2018 Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Le monde selon Barney Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version
Éric Fontaine Sweetland Michael Crummey, Sweetland
Daniel Grenier, William S. Messier De l’utilité de l’ennui : textes de balle Andrew Forbes, The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays
Laurence Gough Naissances Kate Cayley, How You Were Born
Catherine Leroux Le saint patron des merveilles Mark Frutkin, Fabrizio's Return
2019 Catherine Leroux Nous qui n'étions rien Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Nicolas Calvé L'animal langage : la compétence linguistique humaine Charles Taylor, The Language Animal
Lori Saint-Martin, Paul Gagné Le Yiddish à l'usage des pirates Gary Barwin, Yiddish for Pirates
Madeleine Stratford Pilleurs de rêves Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
Sophie Voillot Onze jours en septembre Kathleen Winter, Lost in September

2020s

YearAuthorTitleTranslated workRef
2020 Georgette LeBlanc Océan Susan Goyette, Ocean [4]
Arianne Des Rochers Jonny Appleseed Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed [5]
Daniel Grenier On pleure pas au bingo Dawn Dumont, Nobody Cries at Bingo
Sonya Malaborza L'Accoucheuse de Scots Bay Ami McKay, The Birth House
Sophie Voillot La Société du feu de l’enfer Rawi Hage, Beirut Hellfire Society
2021 Marie Frankland Poèmes 1938-1984 Elizabeth Smart, The Collected Poems [6]
Dominique Fortier La ballade de Baby suivi de Sagesse de l'absurde Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals and Wisdom in Nonsense [7]
Daniel Grenier La Course de Rose Dawn Dumont, Rose's Run
Colette St-Hilaire Toots fait la Shiva, avenue Minto Erín Moure, Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by Toots
Madeleine Stratford Petits marronnages Kaie Kellough, Dominoes at the Crossroads
2022 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 [8]
Sylvie Bérard, Suzanne Grenier Le fruit de la puanteur Larissa Lai, Salt Fish Girl [9]
Éric Fontaine Le malenchantement de sainte Lucy Zsuzsi Gartner, The Beguiling
Benoit Laflamme Dans la lugubre forêt nos corps seront suspendus Ava Farmehri, Through the Sad Wood Our Corpses Will Hang
Catherine Leroux Les coups de dés Sean Michaels, The Wagers
2023 Catherine Ego Dans lʼombre du soleil: Réflexions sur la race et les récits Esi Edugyan, Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling [10]
Dominique Fortier Nʼayons pas peur du ciel Emma Hooper, We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky [11]
Marie Frankland Tout est bien Mona Awad, All's Well
Luba Markovskaia Père fictif Joe Ollmann, Fictional Father
Madeleine Stratford soufrelangue Rebecca Salazar, sulphurtongue
2024 Éric Fontaine Ristigouche : Le long cours de la rivière sauvage Philip Lee, Restigouche: The Long Run of the Wild River [12]
Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau Mourir pour la cause : Révolution dans le Québec des années 1960 Chris Oliveros, Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? Revolution in 1960s Quebec [13]
Daniel Grenier Charlie Muskrat Harold R. Johnson, Charlie Muskrat
Madeleine Stratford Cours vers le danger Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Sophie Voillot La messagère Thomas Wharton, The Book of Rain

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