Governor General’s Award for Fiction
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Der Governor General's Award (französisch Prix du Gouverneur général) ist der renommierteste Literaturpreis Kanadas, 1937 von Generalgouverneur Lord Tweedsmuir gestiftet. Seit 1957 werden die Auszeichnungen in verschiedenen Kategorien für hervorragende und bedeutende literarische Leistungen sowohl in englischer als auch in französischer Sprache (Governor General's Literary Awards) vom Canada Council for the Arts vergeben.
Preisträger
Preisträger des Governor General's Award for Fiction mit Werken in englischer Sprache (seit 1970):
- 1970: Dave Godfrey, The New Ancestors
- 1971: Mordecai Richler, St. Urbain's Horseman
- 1972: Robertson Davies, The Manticore
- 1973: Rudy Wiebe, The Temptations of Big Bear
- 1974: Margaret Laurence, The Diviners
- 1975: Brian Moore, The Great Victorian Collection
- 1976: Marian Engel, Bear
- 1977: Timothy Findley, The Wars
- 1978: Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are?
- 1979: Jack Hodgins, The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne
- 1980: George Bowering, Burning Water
- 1981: Mavis Gallant, Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories
- 1982: Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending
- 1983: Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog
- 1984: Josef Škvorecký, The Engineer of Human Souls
- 1985: Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
- 1986: Alice Munro, The Progress of Love
- 1987: M.T. Kelly, A Dream Like Mine
- 1988: David Adams Richards, Nights Below Station Street
- 1989: Paul Quarrington, Whale Music
- 1990: Nino Ricci, Lives of the Saints
- 1991: Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
- 1992: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
- 1993: Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
- 1994: Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers
- 1995: Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl
- 1996: Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy
- 1997: Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter
- 1998: Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion
- 1999: Matt Cohen, Elizabeth and After
- 2000: Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost
- 2001: Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan
- 2002: Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson
- 2003: Douglas Glover, Elle
- 2004: Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
- 2005: David Gilmour, A Perfect Night to Go to China
- 2006: Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams
- 2007: Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero
- 2008: Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species
- 2009: Kate Pullinger, The Mistress of Nothing
- 2010: Dianne Warren, Cool Water
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