The Governor General's Award for French-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in French. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
The program was created and inaugurated in 1937, for 1936 publications in two categories, conventionally called the 1936 awards. French-language works were first recognized by the 1959 Governor General's Awards. [1] Prior to 1959, the Canada Council did not present any awards for French-language literature, although four works originally published in French — Ringuet's Thirty Acres , Germaine Guèvremont's The Outlander, and Gabrielle Roy's The Tin Flute and Street of Riches — won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction when a follow-up English translation was published.
The winners alone were announced until 1979, when Canada Council released in advance a shortlist of three nominees. Since then, the advance shortlist has numbered three to six; from 2002, always five.
Year [2] | Author | Title |
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1959 | André Giroux | Malgré tout, la joie |
Year [2] | Author | Title |
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1960 | No award presented | |
1961 | Yves Thériault | Ashini |
1962 | Jacques Ferron | Contes du pays incertain |
1963 | No award presented | |
1964 | Jean-Paul Pinsonneault | Les terres sèches |
1965 | Gérard Bessette | L'incubation |
1966 | Claire Martin | La joue droite |
1967 | Jacques Godbout | Salut Galarneau |
1968 | Hubert Aquin | Trou de mémoire |
Marie-Claire Blais | Les Manuscrits de Pauline Archange | |
1969 | Louise Maheux-Forcier | Une forêt pour Zoé |
Year [2] | Author | Title |
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1970 | Monique Bosco | La femme de Loth |
1971 | Gérard Bessette | Le cycle |
1972 | Antonine Maillet | Don l'Orignal |
1973 | Réjean Ducharme | L'hiver de force |
1974 | Victor-Lévy Beaulieu | Don Quichotte de la démanche |
1975 | Anne Hébert | Les enfants du sabbat |
1976 | André Major | Les rescapés |
1977 | Gabrielle Roy | Ces enfants de ma vie |
1978 | Jacques Poulin | Les grandes marées |
1979 | Marie-Claire Blais | Le Sourd dans la ville |
Suzanne Jacob | La Survie | |
Suzanne Paradis | Miss Charlie |
Year [2] | Author | Title |
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1980 | Pierre Turgeon | La première personne |
Gilbert La Rocque | Les masques | |
Hélène Ouvrard | La noyante | |
1981 | Denys Chabot | La province lunaire |
Noël Audet | Ah, l'amour l'amour | |
Aline Beaudin Beaupré | L'aventure de Blanche Morti | |
Louis Caron | Le canard de bois | |
1982 | Roger Fournier | Le cercle des arènes |
Gaëtan Brulotte | Le surveillant | |
Louis Caron | Les fils de la liberté II: La corne de brume | |
Anne Hébert | Les fous de Bassan | |
1983 | Suzanne Jacob | Laura Laur |
Victor-Lévy Beaulieu | Discours de Samm | |
France Ducasse | Du lieu des voyages | |
Carole Massé | L'Existence | |
Francine Noël | Maryse | |
Suzanne Robert | Vulpera | |
1984 | Jacques Brault | Agonie |
Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska | La Maison Trestler | |
Jacques Poulin | Volkswagen Blues | |
Jacques Savoie | Les Portes tournantes | |
Marie José Thériault | Les Demoiselles de Numidie | |
1985 | Fernand Ouellette | Lucie ou un midi en novembre |
Louise Bouchard | Les Images | |
Jean-Paul Fugère | Popa moman et le saint homme | |
Suzanne Paradis | La Ligne bleue | |
1986 | Yvon Rivard | Les silences du corbeau |
Pierre Nepveu | L'hiver de Mira Christophe | |
Sylvain Trudel | Le souffle de l'Harmattan | |
1987 | Gilles Archambault | L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions |
André Major | L'Hiver au coeur | |
Jacques Marchand | Premier mouvement | |
Francine Noël | Myriam première | |
1988 | Jacques Folch-Ribas | Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur |
Noël Audet | L'Ombre de l'épervier | |
Normand Chaurette | Scènes d'enfants | |
Christian Mistral | Vamp | |
1989 | Louis Hamelin | La Rage |
Robert Lalonde | Le Diable en personne | |
Jacques Poulin | Le Vieux Chagrin |
Year [2] | Author | Title |
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1990 | Gérald Tougas | La Mauvaise foi |
Louis Lefebvre | Le Collier d'Hurracan | |
Michèle Mailhot | Le Passé composé | |
Jean Marcel | Jérôme ou de la traduction | |
France Vézina | Osther, le chat criblé d'étoiles | |
1991 | André Brochu | La croix du Nord |
Flora Balzano | Soigne ta chute | |
Georges-Hébert Germain | Christophe Colomb: Naufrage sur les côtes du paradis | |
Hans-Jürgen Greif | L'Autre Pandore | |
Hélène Rioux | Les Miroirs d'Éléonore | |
1992 | Anne Hébert | L'enfant chargé de songes |
Lise Bissonnette | Marie suivait l'été | |
Louis Lefebvre | Guanahani | |
Gilles Pellerin | Je reviens avec la nuit | |
Louise Simard | La très noble demoiselle | |
1993 | Nancy Huston | Cantique des plaines |
Esther Croft | Au commencement était le froid | |
Robert Lalonde | Sept lacs plus au nord | |
Rober Racine | Le Mal de Vienne | |
Pierre Yergeau | Tu attends la neige, Léonard? | |
1994 | Robert Lalonde | Le petit aigle à tête blanche |
Réjean Ducharme | Va savoir | |
Daniel Poliquin | L'Écureuil noir | |
Hélène Rioux | Pense à mon rendez-vous | |
Sylvain Trudel | Les Prophètes | |
1995 | Nicole Houde | Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse |
Ying Chen | L'Ingratitude | |
Louis Hamelin | Betsi Larousse ou l'Ineffable | |
Louis Jolicoeur | Saisir l'absence | |
André Major | La Vie provisoire | |
1996 | Marie-Claire Blais | Soifs |
Nancy Huston | Instruments des ténèbres | |
Roger Magini | Un homme défait | |
Jocelyne Saucier | La vie comme une image | |
Lise Vaillancourt | L'Été des eiders | |
1997 | Aude | Cet imperceptible mouvement |
Bernard Assiniwi | La Saga des Béothuks | |
Lise Bissonnette | Quittes et Doubles – Scènes de réciprocité | |
Pierre Morency | La Vie entière – Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde | |
Pierre Ouellet | Légende dorée | |
1998 | Christiane Frenette | La Terre ferme |
Marie-Célie Agnant | Le Silence comme le sang | |
Madeleine Gagnon | Le Deuil du soleil | |
Nancy Huston | L'Empreinte de l'ange | |
Pierre Samson | Un garçon de compagnie | |
1999 | Lise Tremblay | La Danse juive |
Hugues Corriveau | Le Ramasseur de souffle | |
Jacques Marchand | Les Vents dominants | |
Carole Massé | L'Ennemi | |
Gaétan Soucy | La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes |
Year [2] | Author | Title |
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2000 | Jean-Marc Dalpé | Un vent se lève qui éparpille |
Christiane Duchesne | L'Homme des silences | |
Roger Magini | Styx | |
Pierre Samson | Il était une fois une ville | |
Alison Lee Strayer | Jardin et prairie | |
2001 | Andrée A. Michaud | Le ravissement |
Marie-Claire Blais | Dans la foudre et la lumière | |
Rachel Leclerc | Ruelle Océan | |
2002 | Monique LaRue | La Gloire de Cassiodore |
Guy Demers | L'Intime | |
Monique Proulx | Le Cœur est un muscle involontaire | |
Hélène Vachon | La tête ailleurs | |
Pierre Yergeau | La désertion | |
2003 | Élise Turcotte | La maison étrangère |
Jean-François Chassay | L’Angle mort | |
Marie Gagnier | Console-moi | |
Gaétan Soucy | Music-Hall! | |
Larry Tremblay | Le Mangeur de bicyclette | |
2004 | Pascale Quiviger | Le cercle parfait |
Marguerite Andersen | Parallèles | |
Katerine Caron | Vous devez être heureuse | |
Sergio Kokis | Les amants d'Alfama | |
Didier Leclair | Ce pays qui est le mien | |
2005 | Aki Shimazaki | Hotaru |
Marie-Claire Blais | Augustino et le chœur de la destruction | |
Nicolas Dickner | Nikolski | |
Christiane Frenette | Après la nuit rouge | |
Guy Lalancette | Un amour empoulaillé | |
2006 | Andrée Laberge | La Rivière du loup |
Michael Delisle | Le sort de fille | |
Louis Hamelin | Sauvages | |
Jocelyne Saucier | Jeanne sur les routes | |
Pierre Yergeau | La Cité des vents | |
2007 | Sylvain Trudel | La mer de la tranquillité |
Esther Croft | Le reste du temps | |
Robert Lalonde | Espèces en voie de disparition | |
Anthony Phelps | La contrainte de l’inachevé | |
Hélène Rioux | Mercredi soir au Bout du monde | |
2008 | Marie-Claire Blais | Naissance de Rebecca à l’ère des tourments |
Jean-François Beauchemin | Ceci est mon corps | |
Guillaume Corbeil | L'Art de la fugue | |
Monique Proulx | Champagne | |
Jean-Pierre Trépanier | Colomia | |
2009 | Julie Mazzieri | Le discours sur la tombe de l'idiot |
Jean-François Beauchemin | Cette année s'envole ma jeunesse | |
Nadine Bismuth | Êtes-vous mariée à un psychopathe? | |
Dominique Fortier | Du bon usage des étoiles | |
Aki Shimazaki | Zakuro |
Year [2] | Author | Title |
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2010 | Kim Thúy | Ru |
Marie-Claire Blais | Mai au bal des prédateurs | |
Martine Desjardins | Maleficium | |
Agnès Gruda | Onze petites trahisons | |
Dany Laferrière | L’énigme du retour | |
2011 | Perrine Leblanc | L’homme blanc |
Alain Beaulieu | Le postier Passila | |
Jean-Simon Desrochers | Les sabliers de solitude | |
Tassia Trifiatis | Mère-grand | |
Mélanie Vincelette | Polynie | |
2012 | France Daigle | Pour sûr |
Ryad Assani-Razaki | La main d'Iman | |
Charles Bolduc | Les truites à mains nues | |
Catherine Mavrikakis | Les derniers jours de Smokey Nelson | |
Audrée Wilhelmy | Oss | |
2013 | Stéphanie Pelletier | Quand les guêpes se taisent |
Sergio Kokis | Culs-de-sac | |
Roger Magini | Ilitch, mort ou vif | |
Marc Séguin | Hollywood | |
Gérald Tougas | Le deuxième train de la nuit | |
2014 [3] | Andrée A. Michaud | Bondrée |
Michael Delisle | Le Feu de mon père | |
Alain Farah | Pourquoi Bologne | |
Robert Lalonde | C’est le cœur qui meurt en dernier | |
Larry Tremblay | L’orangeraie | |
2015 | Nicolas Dickner | Six degrés de liberté |
Françoise de Luca | Sena | |
Marilyne Fortin | La Fabrica | |
Catherine Harton | Traité des peaux | |
Dominique Scali | À la recherche de New Babylon | |
2016 | Dominique Fortier | Au péril de la mer |
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | La femme qui fuit | |
Hugues Corriveau | Les Enfants de Liverpool | |
Martine Delvaux | Blanc dehors | |
Daniel Grenier | L'Année la plus longue | |
2017 | Christian Guay-Poliquin | Le Poids de la neige |
Virginie Blanchette-Doucet | 117 Nord | |
Mylène Bouchard | L'Imparfaite Amitié | |
Michael Delisle | Le Palais de la fatigue | |
Stéphane Larue | Le Plongeur | |
2018 | Karoline Georges | De synthèse |
Christophe Bernard | La bête creuse | |
Maxime Raymond Bock | Les noyades secondaires | |
Naomi Fontaine | Manikanetish | |
Olivier Sylvestre | Noms fictifs | |
2019 | Céline Huyghebaert | Le drap blanc |
Edem Awumey | Mina parmi les ombres | |
Sylvie Drapeau | La terre | |
Éléonore Goldberg | Maison fauve | |
Mariève Maréchale | La Minotaure |
Year | Author | Title | Ref |
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2020 | Sophie Létourneau | Chasse à l'homme | [4] |
Jennifer Bélanger | Menthol | [5] | |
Naomi Fontaine | Shuni | ||
Marie-Ève Lacasse | Autobiographie de l'étranger | ||
Marie-Pier Lafontaine | Chienne | ||
2021 | Fanny Britt | Faire les sucres | [6] |
Sébastien Chabot | Noir métal | [7] | |
Paul Serge Forest | Tout est ori | ||
Sylvie Laliberté | Jʼai montré toutes mes pattes blanches je nʼen ai plus | ||
Olivia Tapiero | Rien du tout | ||
2022 | Alain Farah | Mille secrets mille dangers | [8] |
Maryse Andraos | Sans refuge | [9] | |
Charlotte Biron | Jardin radio | ||
Dominique Fortier | Les ombres blanches | ||
Larry Tremblay | Tableau final de l'amour | ||
2023 | Marie Hélène Poitras | Galumpf | [10] |
David Clerson | Mon fils ne revint que sept jours | [11] | |
Brigitte Haentjens | Sombre est la nuit | ||
Carole Labarre | Lʼor des mélèzes | ||
Stéfani Meunier | Une carte postale de lʼocéan | ||
2024 | Steve Poutré | Lait cru | [12] |
Pascale Beauregard | Muette | [13] | |
Louis-Daniel Godin | Le Compte est bon | ||
Emmanuelle Pierrot | La version qui n’intéresse personne | ||
Mathieu Rolland | De grandes personnes |
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