The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14. [1] Each winner received a cheque for $15,000. [2]
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction |  Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan |
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| Non-fiction | Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap |
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| Poetry | George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems |
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| Drama | Kent Stetson, The Harps of God |
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| Children's literature | Arthur Slade, Dust |
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| Children's illustration | Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup |
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| French to English translation | Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara) |
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| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction | Andrée A. Michaud, Le ravissement |
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| Non-fiction | Renée Dupuis, Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion |
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| Poetry | Paul Chanel Malenfant, Des ombres portées |
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| Drama | Normand Chaurette, Le Petit Köchel |
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| Children's literature | Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines |
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| Children's illustration | Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants |
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| English to French translation | Michel Saint-Germain, No Logo: La Tyrannie des marques |
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The 1940 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fifth rendition of the Governor General's Awards, Canada's annual national awards program which then comprised literary awards alone. The awards recognized Canadian writers for new English-language works published in Canada during 1940 and were presented in 1941. There were no cash prizes.
Events from the year 2001 in Canada.
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