2002 Governor General's Awards

The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.

English

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson	David Bergen, The Case of Lena S. Ann Ireland, Exile Wayne Johnston, The Navigator of New York Carol Shields, Unless
Non-fiction	Andrew Nikiforuk, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil	Carolyn Abraham, Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain Jill Frayne, Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land Stephen Henighan, When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing Don McKay, Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness
Poetry	Roy Miki, Surrender	Tammy Armstrong, Bogman's Music Colin Browne, Ground Water Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth Erin Mouré, O Cidadán
Drama	Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918)	Claudia Dey, The Gwendolyn Poems Lorena Gale, Je me souviens Michael Lewis MacLennan, The Shooting Stage
Children's literature	Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl	Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey John Lekich, The Losers' Club Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase
Children's illustration	Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts	Brian Deines, Dragonfly Kites/pimihákanisa Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Fairy of the Forest Rogé (Roger Girard), When Pigs Fly Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon
French to English translation	Nigel Spencer, Thunder and Light	Sheila Fischman, Twelve Opening Acts Linda Gaboriau, Impromptu on Nun's Island Liedewy Hawke, The Milky Way Lazer Lederhendler, Larry Volt

French

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	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
Non-fiction	Judith Lavoie, Mark Twain et la parole noire	Claude Lévesque, Par-delà le masculin et le féminin Lucie K. Morriset, La mémoire du paysage — Histoire de la forme urbain d'un centre-ville: Saint-Roch, Québec Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge, Réjean Ducharme: Une poétique du débris Émile Ollivier, Repérages
Poetry	Robert Dickson, Humains paysages en temps de paix relative	Anne-Marie Alonzo, ...et la nuit René Lapierre, Piano Paul-Marie Lapointe, Espèces fragiles Louise Warren, La lumière, l'arbre, le trait
Drama	Daniel Danis, Le Langue-à-Langue des chiens de roche	Carole Fréchette, Jean et Béatrice Wajdi Mouawad, Rêves Reynald Robinson, L'Hôtel des Horizons Pierre-Michel Tremblay, Le rire de la mer
Children's literature	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!
Children's illustration	Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur	Philippe Béha, La reine rouge Jean-Marie Benoit, Le voyage à l'envers Guy England, L'ami perdu Mylène Pratt, Décroche-moi la lune
English to French translation	Paule Pierre-Noyart, Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat	Florence Bernard, F. R. Scott: une vie Jean Paré, La révolution des droits Carole Sadelain, La nature des économies

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