The nominees for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 26. The children's literature winners were announced on November 15, and the other winners were announced on November 16. The winners received a cheque for $15,000 and a specially crafted copy of their book bound by master bookbinder Pierre Ouvrard. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Since their creation in 1937, the Governor Generals Literary Awards have become one of Canadas most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Childrens Literature-Text, Childrens Literature-Illustration, and Translation. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate sheets of paper or other material. ...

The 2004 awards marked the first time that the children's literature awards were presented separately from the adult awards; they were presented at a special ceremony dedicated to promoting children's literature.

English-language finalists

Fiction

• Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
• David Bezmozgis, Natasha and Other Stories
• Trevor Cole, Norman Bray, In the Performance of His Life
• Colin McAdam, Some Great Thing
• Alice Munro, Runaway

Miriam Toews (born 1964 in Steinbach, Manitoba) is a Canadian novelist and humorist of Mennonite descent. ... David Bezmozgis (born 1973) is a Canadian writer and documentary filmmaker. ... Alice Munro (born Alice Ann Laidlaw on July 10, 1931) is a noted Canadian short story writer. ...

Poetry

• Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
• Tim Bowling, The Memory Orchard
• David Manicom, The Burning Eaves
• John Terpstra, Disarmament
• Jan Zwicky, Robinson's Crossing

Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (1952- ) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. ... David Manicom (born 1960 in Ingersoll, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat, poet and novelist. ... Jan Zwicky is a Canadian philosopher and poet who lives in Victoria, British Columbia. ...

Drama

• Morris Panych, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl
• Robert Chafe, Butler's Marsh and Tempting Providence
• Michael Healey, Rune Arlidge
• Karen Hines, The Pochsy Plays
• Mieko Ouchi, The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)

Morris Panych (1952–) is a Canadian playwright, director and actor. ... Karen Hines is a Canadian actor and playwright. ...

Nonfiction

• Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire, Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
• Anne Coleman, I'll Tell You a Secret: A Memory of Seven Summers
• Christopher Dewdney, Acquainted With the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark
• Jane Jacobs, Dark Age Ahead
• Jan Zwicky, Wisdom & Metaphor

Romeo Dallaire Roméo A. Dallaire OC (born June 25, 1946 in Denekamp, The Netherlands) is a Canadian general, senator, humanitarian, and author. ... Christopher Dewdney (born May 9, 1951) is an avant-garde Canadian poet. ... Jane Butzner Jacobs (born May 4, 1916) is a writer, activist, and city aficionado. ... Jan Zwicky is a Canadian philosopher and poet who lives in Victoria, British Columbia. ...

Children's Literature - Text

• Kenneth Oppel, Airborn
• Martine Leavitt, Heck Superhero
• Sharon MacKay, Esther
• Judd Palmer, The Wolf King
• Ange Zhang, Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution

Kenneth Oppel was born on August 31, 1967 in Port Alberni in British Columbia. ...

Children's Literature - Illustration

• Stéphane Jorisch, Jabberwocky
• Nicolas Debon, Dawn Watch
• Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Princess of the Sky
• Kim LaFave, A Very Unusual Dog
• Barbara Reid, Peg and the Yeti

For other uses of the name Jabberwocky, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ...

Translation (French to English)

• Judith Cowan, Mirabel (Pierre Nepveu, Lignes aériennes)
• Sheila Fischman, The Alien House (Élise Turcotte)
• Liedewy Hawke, The Iguana (Denis Thériault)

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. ... Élise Turcotte is a Canadian writer born in Sorel, Quebec on June 26, 1957. ...

French language finalists

Fiction

• Pascale Quiviger, Le cercle parfait
• Marguerite Andersen, Parallèles
• Katerine Caron, Vous devez être heureuse
• Sergio Kokis, Les amants d'Alfama
• Didier Leclair, Ce pays qui est le mien

Poetry

• André Brochu, Les jours à vif
• Paul Bélanger, Les jours de l'éclipse
• Mario Brassard, Choix d'apocalypses
• Louise Dupré, Une écharde sous ton ongle
• Pierre Ouellet, Zone franche: liber asylum

Drama:

• Emma Haché, L'intimité
• Franco Catanzariti, Sahel
• Alexis Martin, Bureaux
• Jean-Frédéric Messier, Au moment de sa disparition
• Reynald Robinson, La salle des loisirs

Non-Fiction

• Jean-Jacques Simard, La Réduction: l’Autochtone inventé et les Amérindiens d’aujourd’hui
• Jean-Marie Fecteau, La liberté du pauvre : crime et pauvreté au XIXe siècle québécois
• Brian T. Fitch, Le langage de la pensée et l’écriture : Humboldt, Valéry, Beckett
• Yvan Lamonde, Histoire sociale des idées au Québec (1896-1929)
• Roseline Tremblay, L’écrivain imaginaire: essai sur le roman québécois, 1960-1995

Children's Literature - Text

• Nicole Leroux, L'Hiver de Léo Polatouche
• Édith Bourget, Autour de Gabrielle
• Charlotte Gingras, La boîte à bonheur
• Marie-Francine Hébert, Le ciel tombe à côté
• Nancy Montour, Le coeur au vent

Children's Literature - Illustration

• Janice Nadeau, Nul poisson où aller
• Francine Bouchard (Fanny), Le grand rêve de Passepoil
• Pascale Constantin, Turlututu, rien ne va plus!
• Samuel Parent (Sampar), Savais-tu? Les Hyènes
• Alain Reno, Comment l’ours blanc perdit sa queue

Translation - English to French

• Ivan Steenhout, Les Indes accidentelles (Robert Finley)
• Claire Dé, Le cahier d'Hellman (Robert Majzels)
• Carole Noël, Ce qu'il nous reste (Aislinn Hunter)
• Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Le Pas de l'ourse (Douglas Glover, Elle)
• Claudine Vivier, La Rivière disparue (Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice)

External links

• Press release announcing finalists (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2004/ggla_finalists_finalistes.htm)

Other Governor General's Awards:

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