The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were be 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. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adrienne Clarkson Her Excellency The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson, CC, CMM, COM, CD (born February 10, 1939), is the current Governor General of Canada. ... The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) général(e) is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). ... Rideau Hall is the official residence the Governor General of Canada, and is the place of residence of the Monarch of Canada when visiting Ottawa. ...

English-language finalists

Fiction

Winner:

• Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson

Other Finalists:

• David Bergen, The Case of Lena S.
• Ann Ireland, Exile
• Wayne Johnston, The Navigator of New York
• Carol Shields, Unless

Wayne Johnston (born in Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1958) is a Canadian writer. ... Carol Shields (May 16, 1935–July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian author. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Roy Miki, Surrender

Other Finalists: Roy Akira Miki (born October 10, 1942) is a Canadian poet and scholar. ...

• Tammy Armstrong, Bogman's Music
• Colin Browne, Ground Water
• Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth
• Erin Mouré, O Cidadán

Erin Mouré (born 1955) is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec. ...

Drama

Winner:

• Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918)

Other Finalists: Kevin Kerr (b. ...

• Claudia Dey, The Gwendolyn Poems
• Lorena Gale, Je me souviens
• Michael Lewis MacLennan, The Shooting Stage

Michael Lewis MacLennan (June 5, 1968) is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter, and producer of television shows. ...

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Andrew Nikiforuk, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil

Other Finalists:

• 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: Fieldnotes on Poetry and Wilderness

Don MacKay (born 1942) is a Canadian poet who lives in Victoria, British Columbia. ...

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl

Other Finalists:

• Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye
• Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey
• John Lekich, The Losers' Club
• Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase

Alan Cumyn (born 1960) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. ...

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts

Other Finalists: Wallace Edwards is a Canadian childrens illustrator who won the 2002 Governor Generals Award for his work on the book 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

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

• Nigel Spencer, Thunder and Light

Other Finalists:

• Sheila Fischman, Twelve Opening Acts
• Linda Gaboriau, Impromptu on Nun's Island
• Liedewy Hawke, The Milky Way
• Lazer Lederhendler, Larry Volt

Sheila Leah Fischman (born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1937) is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature. ... Linda Gaboriau is a Canadian playwright and literary translator. ...

French Winners

• Fiction Monique LaRue, La Gloire de Cassiodore

• Poetry Robert Dickson, Humains paysages en temps de paix relative

• Drama Daniel Danis, Le Langue-à-Langue des chiens de roche

• Non-Fiction Judith Lavoie, Mark Twain et la parole noire

• Children's Literature Hélène Vachon, L'oiseau de passage

• Children's Literature - Illustration Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur

• Translation - English to French Paule Pierre-Noyart Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat

Robert Dickson is a Canadian poet, translator and academic. ...

Other Governor General's Awards:

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