The Governor General's Award for French-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but the four children's literature awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized writing in a French-language children's book every year from 1975. [1] [2]
In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the French-language writing prize was awarded every year from 1975. [1]
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | David Schinkel and Yves Beauchesne | Le Don |
| Ginette Anfousse | Les catastrophes de Rosalie | |
| Denis Côté | Nocturnes pour Jessie | |
| Vincent Lauzon | Le pays à l'envers | |
| 1988 | Michèle Marineau | Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais |
| Denis Côté | Les prisonniers du zoo | |
| Cécile Gagnon | Châteaux de sable | |
| André Vanasse | Des Millions pour une chanson | |
| 1989 | Charles Montpetit | Temps mort |
| Jacques Lazure | Le Domaine des Sans Yeux | |
| Joceline Sanschagrin | La Fille aux cheveux rouges |
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Christiane Duchesne | La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic |
| José Fréchette | L'Automne à 15 ans | |
| Philippe Gauthier | L'Héritage de Qader | |
| Johanne Massé | Le Passé en péril | |
| 1991 | François Gravel | Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine |
| Ginette Anfousse | Un terrible secret | |
| Johanne Mercier | L'Été des autres | |
| Daniel Sernine | Quatre destins | |
| 1992 | Christiane Duchesne | Victor |
| Linda Brousseau | Coups durs pour une sorcière | |
| Dominique Demers | Un hiver de tourmente | |
| Esther Rochon | L'ombre et le cheval | |
| Daniel Sernine | Les rêves d'Argus | |
| 1993 | Michèle Marineau | La Route de Chlifa |
| Yves Beauchemin | Antoine et Alfred | |
| Dominique Demers | Les grands sapins ne meurent pas | |
| Raymond Plante | Les Dents de la poule | |
| 1994 | Suzanne Martel | Une belle journée pour mourir |
| Marie-Danielle Croteau | Un monde à la dérive | |
| François Gravel | Klonk | |
| 1995 | Sonia Sarfati | Comme une peau de chagrin |
| Jean-Pierre Davidts | Contes du chat gris | |
| Christiane Duchesne | Berthold et Lucrèce | |
| Annouchka Gravel Galouchko | Sho et les dragons d'eau | |
| Jacques Savoie | Toute la beauté du monde | |
| 1996 | Gilles Tibo | Noémie: Le Secret de Madame Lumbago |
| Sylvie Desrosiers | Le Long silence | |
| Jacinthe Gaulin | Mon p'tit frère | |
| Daniel Sernine | L'Arc-en-cercle | |
| Hélène Vachon | Le Plus proche voisin | |
| 1997 | Michel Noël | Pien |
| Dominique Demers | Maïna, tomes 1 et 2 | |
| Agathe Génois | Sarah, je suis là! | |
| Jacques Godbout | Une leçon de chasse | |
| Maryse Pelletier | Une vie en éclats | |
| 1998 | Angèle Delaunois | Variations sur un même «t'aime» |
| Guy Dessureault | Lettre de Chine | |
| Daniel Mativat | Terreur sur la Windigo | |
| Danielle Rochette | La Fugue d'Antoine | |
| Hélène Vachon | Le Cinéma de Somerset | |
| 1999 | Charlotte Gingras | La Liberté? Connais pas... |
| Agathe Génois | Adieu, vieux lézard! | |
| Andrée-Anne Gratton | Le Message du biscuit chinois | |
| Sylvie Nicolas | Célestine Motamo | |
| Raymond Plante | Marilou Polaire et l'iguane des neiges |
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Charlotte Gingras | Un été de Jade |
| Guy Dessureault | L'homme au chat | |
| François Gravel | L'été de la moustache | |
| Gilles Tibo | La Planète du petit géant | |
| Hélène Vachon | Le délire de Somerset | |
| 2001 | Christiane Duchesne | Jomusch et le troll des cuisines |
| Cécile Gagnon | Le chien de Pavel | |
| Ann Lamontagne | Les mémoires interdites | |
| Marthe Pelletier | Chante pour moi, Charlotte | |
| Jean-Michel Schembré | Le noir passage | |
| 2002 | Hélène Vachon | L'oiseau de passage |
| Dominique Demers | Ta voix dans la nuit | |
| François Gravel | David et la maison de la sorcière | |
| Sylvain Meunier | Le seul ami | |
| Pierre Roy | Une tonne de patates! | |
| 2003 | Danielle Simard | J’ai vendu ma sœur |
| Mélissa Anctil | Gigi | |
| Roger Des Roches | Marie Quatdoigts | |
| Laurent Grimon | Le chevalier des Arbres | |
| Paul Chanel Malenfant | Si tu allais quelque part | |
| 2004 | Nicole Leroux | L'Hiver de Léo Polatouche |
| Édith Bourget | Autour de Gabrielle | |
| Charlotte Gingras | La boîte à bonheur | |
| Marie-Francine Hébert | Le ciel tombe à côté | |
| Nancy Montour | Le coeur au vent | |
| 2005 | Camille Bouchard | Le Ricanement des hyènes |
| Alain M. Bergeron | Les Tempêtes ou Les mémoires d’un Beatle raté | |
| Jean-Pierre Davidts | Le Baiser de la sangsue | |
| Danielle Marcotte | Les sabots rouges | |
| Sylvain Meunier | L’homme à la bicyclette | |
| 2006 | Dany Laferrière | Je suis fou de Vava |
| Édith Bourget | Les saisons d’Henri | |
| Fernande D. Lamy | Cauchemar aveugle | |
| Françoise Lepage | Poupeska | |
| Daniel Mativat | Nuits rouges | |
| 2007 | François Barcelo | La fatigante et le fainéant |
| Sophie Gironnay | Philou, architecte et associés | |
| André Leblanc | L’envers de la chanson: Des enfants au travail 1850-1950 | |
| Sylvain Meunier | Piercings sanglants | |
| Hélène Vachon | Les saisons vues par Schouster | |
| 2008 | Sylvie Desrosiers | Les trois lieues |
| Camille Bouchard | Trente-neuf | |
| Charlotte Gingras | Ophélie | |
| François Gravel | Sales crapauds | |
| Carole Tremblay | Fred Poulet enquête sur une chaussette | |
| 2009 | Hervé Bouchard | Harvey |
| Jocelyn Boisvert | Mort et déterré | |
| Pierre Chartray, Sylvie Rancourt | Simon et le chasseur de dragons | |
| Michèle Laframboise | La quête de Chaaas, tome 2 – Les vents de Tammerlan | |
| Matthieu Simard | Pavel, épisode 1 – Plus vivant que toutes les pornstars réunies |
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Élise Turcotte | Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie |
| Michel Noël | Nishka | |
| Patrice Robitaille | Le Chenil | |
| Yves Steinmetz | La Chamane de bois-rouge | |
| Alain Ulysse Tremblay | Le dernier été | |
| 2011 | Martin Fournier | Les aventures de Radisson - 1. L’enfer ne brûle pas |
| Anne Bernard-Lenoir | Enigmae.com - 3. L’orteil de Paros | |
| Camille Bouchard | Un massacre magnifique | |
| Mario Brassard | La saison des pluies | |
| Pierre Marmiesse | Sous le signe d’Exu - 1. Initiation | |
| 2012 | Aline Apostolska | Un été d’amour et de cendres |
| Biz | La chute de Sparte (withdrawn from competition) [3] | |
| Louise Bombardier | Quand j'étais chien | |
| Camille Bouchard | Le coup de la giraffe | |
| François Gravel | Hò | |
| 2013 | Geneviève Mativat | À l'ombre de la grande maison |
| Camille Bouchard | D'or et de poussière | |
| Fanny Britt | Jane, le renard et moi | |
| Emmanuelle Caron | Gladys et Vova | |
| Lili Chartrand | Le monde fabuleux de Monsieur Fred | |
| 2014 | Linda Amyot | Le jardin d’Amsterdam |
| India Desjardins | Le Noël de Marguerite | |
| Patrick Isabelle | Eux | |
| Jean-François Sénéchal | Feu | |
| Mélanie Tellier | Fiona | |
| 2015 | Louis-Philippe Hébert | Marie Réparatrice |
| Camille Bouchard | Les Forces du désordre | |
| Denis Côté | Dessine-moi un martien | |
| Roger Des Roches | Boîtamémoire | |
| Sandra Dussault | Direction Saint-Creux-des-Meuh-Meuh | |
| 2016 | François Gilbert | Hare Krishna |
| Camille Bouchard | Nouvelle-Orléans | |
| Mario Brassard | Quand hurle la nuit | |
| Amélie Dumoulin | Fé M Fé | |
| Patrick Isabelle | Camille | |
| 2017 | Véronique Drouin | L'importance de Mathilde Poisson |
| Annie Bacon | Chroniques post-apocalyptiques d'une enfant sage | |
| Jocelyn Boisvert | Les Moustiques | |
| Roxane Desjardins | Moi qui marche à tâtons dans ma jeunesse noire | |
| K. Lambert | L'élixir du baron Von Rezine | |
| 2018 | Mario Brassard | Ferdinand F., 81 ans, chenille |
| Jonathan Bécotte | Maman veut partir | |
| Jocelyn Boisvert | Un dernier songe avant le grand sommeil | |
| Camille Bouchard | 13000 ans et des poussières | |
| Brigitte Vaillancourt | Les marées | |
| 2019 | Dominique Demers | L'albatros et la mésange |
| Lucie Bergeron | Dans le cœur de Florence | |
| Édith Bourget | Où est ma maison? | |
| Pierre Labrie | Mon cœur après la pluie | |
| Jean-François Sénéchal | Au carrefour |
| Year | Author | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | François Blais | Lac Adélard | [4] |
| Camille Bouchard | Cicatrices | [5] | |
| Magali Laurent | L'Ogre et l'enfant | ||
| Johanne Mercier | Il faut du tout pour faire un monstre | ||
| Maryse Pagé | Rap pour violoncelle seul | ||
| 2021 | Jean-François Sénéchal | Les Avenues | [6] |
| Jonathan Bécotte | Comme un ouragan | [7] | |
| Mario Fecteau | Le Dernier Viking | ||
| Sandra Sirois | Stella, qu'est-ce que tu fais là? | ||
| Frédérick Wolfe | Tara voulait jouer | ||
| 2022 | Julie Champagne | Cancer ascendant Autruche | [8] |
| Daphné B. | La Pluie des autres | [9] | |
| Reynald Cantin | Les Bulles | ||
| Carolanne Foucher | Dessiner dans les marges et autres activités de fantôme | ||
| Marie-Hélène Jarry | Les carnets de novembre | ||
| 2023 | Lou Beauchesne | Linoubliable | [10] |
| J.L. Blanchard | Zipolaris Tome 3 : La malédiction de Zangra | [11] | |
| Sylvie Drapeau | Escarpolette | ||
| Mylène Goupil | Mélie quelque part au milieu | ||
| Jean-Christophe Réhel | Le plancher de la lune | ||
| 2024 | Stéfani Meunier | Une bulle en dehors du temps | [12] |
| Moira-Uashteskun Bacon | Envole-toi, Mikun | [13] | |
| Dominique Chicoine | Les quatre vérités | ||
| Marc-André Dufour-Labbé | Carreauté Kid | ||
| Jean-Guy Forget, Mélodie Bujold-Henri | Déménager au ciel |
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