2007 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 16. Winning titles were announced on November 27.

Each winner received a cheque for $25,000 and a copy of their book bound by Montreal bookbinder Lise Dubois.

English-language finalists

Fiction

* Michael Ondaatje, "Divisadero"
* David Chariandy, "Soucouyant"
* Barbara Gowdy, "Helpless"
* Heather O'Neill, "Lullabies for Little Criminals"
* M. G. Vassanji, "The Assassin's Song"

Poetry

* Don Domanski, "All Our Wonder Unavenged"
* Margaret Atwood, "The Door"
* Brian Henderson, "Nerve Language"
* Dennis Lee, "Yesno"
* Rob Winger, "Muybridge's House"

Drama

* Colleen Murphy, "The December Man"
* Salvatore Antonio, "In Gabriel's Kitchen"
* Anosh Irani, "The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay Black"
* Rosa Laborde, "Léo"
* Morris Panych, "What Lies Before Us"

Nonfiction

* Karolyn Smardz Frost, "I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad"
* Rodrigo Bascunan and Christian Pearce, "Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture from Samuel Colt to 50 Cent"
* John R. English, "Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968"
* Stephanie Nolen, "28: Stories of AIDS in Africa"
* Bridget Stutchbury, "Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World's Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them"

Children's Literature - Text

* Iain Lawrence, "Gemini Summer"
* Hugh Brewster, "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting"
* Christopher Paul Curtis, "Elijah of Buxton"
* John Wilson, "The Alchemist's Dream"
* Eva Wiseman, "Kanada"

Children's Literature - Illustration

* Duncan Weller, "The Boy from the Sun"
* Wallace Edwards, "The Painted Circus"
* Joanne Fitzgerald, "The Blue Hippopotamus"
* Jirina Marton, "Marja's Skis"
* Dusan Petricic, "My New Shirt"

Translation (French to English)

* Nigel Spencer, "Augustino and the Choir of Destruction" (Marie-Claire Blais, "Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction")This is the second consecutive book in the series to win the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation.
* Sheila Fischman, "My Sister's Blue Eyes" (Jacques Poulin, "Les Yeux bleus de Mistassini")
* Robert Majzels and Erin Mouré, "Notebook of Roses and Civilization" (Nicole Brossard, "Cahier de roses et de civilisation")
* Rhonda Mullins, "The Decline of the Hollywood Empire" (Hervé Fischer, "Le déclin de l’empire hollywoodien")
* John Murrell, "Two Plays: John and Beatrice; Helen's Necklace" (Carole Fréchette, "Jean et Béatrice" and "Le collier d’Hélène")

French language finalists

Fiction

* 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"

Poetry

* Serge Patrice Thibodeau, "Seul on est"
* Martine Audet, "Les manivelles"
* Mario Brassard, "La somme des vents contraires"
* Catherine Fortin, "Le silence est une voie navigable"
* Rino Morin Rossignol, "Intifada du cœur"

Drama

* Daniel Danis, "Le chant du Dire-Dire"
* Sébastien Harrisson, "Floes" et "D’Alaska"
* Steve Laplante, "Le Long de la Principale"
* Suzanne Lebeau, "Souliers de sable"
* Wajdi Mouawad, "Assoiffés"

Non-Fiction

* Annette Hayward, "La querelle du régionalisme au Québec (1904-1931): Vers l’autonomisation de la littérature québécoise"
* Roland Bourneuf, "Pierres de touche"
* Michel Cormier, "La Russie des illusions: Regard d’un correspondent"
* Denise Brassard, "Le souffle du passage: Poésie et essai chez Fernand Ouellette"
* André Cellard, "Une toupie sur la tête: Visages de la folie à Saint-Jean-de-Dieu"

Children's Literature - Text

* 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"

Children's Literature - Illustration

* Geneviève Côté, "La petite rapporteuse de mots"
* Stéphane-Yves Barroux, "Superbricoleur: Le roi de la clef à molette"
* Manon Gauthier, "Ma maman du photomaton"
* Caroline Merola, "Une nuit en ville"
* Daniel Sylvestre, "Ma vie de reptile"

Translation - English to French

* Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, "Dernières notes" (Tamas Dobozy, "Last Notes and Other Stories")
* Suzanne Anfossi, "Trudeau: Citoyen du monde, tome 1: 1919-1968" (John R. 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")

External links

* [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2007/uc128366060109425415.htm Canada Council press release announcing 2007 nominees]