The winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced Tuesday morning at a ceremony in Montreal put on by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Here are the winners in the English-language Books categories:
Fiction: Kate Pullinger, The Mistress of Nothing
Non-Fiction: M.G. Vassanji, A Place Within: Rediscovering India
Poetry: David Zieroth, The Fly in Autumn
Drama: Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes
Children’s Literature, Text: Caroline Pignat, Greener Grass: The Famine Years
Children’s Literature, Illustration: Jirina Marton, Bella’s Tree, text by Janet Russell
Translation, French to English: Susan Ouriou, Pieces of Me
Each of the winners receives $25,000, with each finalist taking home $1,000. The publisher of each winning book receives $3,000. Governor General Michaëlle Jean will present the awards on Thursday, November 26 at Rideau Hall.
Vassanji? Honestly?