The nominees for the 2005 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 17. Winning titles were announced on November 16. The winners will receive a cheque for $15,000 and a specially crafted copy of their book bound by master bookbinder Lise Dubois. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday 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 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Old book binding and cover Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate or bifoliate sheets of paper or other material. ...

English-language finalists

Fiction

Winner:

• David Gilmour, A Perfect Night to Go to China

Other finalists: David Gilmour (born 1949 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist and television journalist. ...

• Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road
• Golda Fried, Nellcott is My Darling
• Charlotte Gill, Ladykiller
• Kathy Page, Alphabet

Joseph Boyden is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. ... Three Day Road is a novel by Canadian writer Joseph Boyden. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Anne Compton, Processional

Other finalists: Anne Compton is a Canadian poet and critic. ...

• Barry Dempster, The Burning Alphabet
• Erin Mouré, Little Theatres
• W. H. New, Underwood Log
• Olive Senior, Over the Roofs of the World

Barry Dempster (born in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Holland Landing, Ontario. ... Erin Mouré (born 1955) is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec. ... William Herbert New, FRSC (born 28 March 1938) is a Canadian poet and literary critic. ... Olive Senior (b. ...

Drama

Winner:

• John Mighton, Half Life

Other finalists:

• Marjorie Chan, China Doll
• Don Druick, Through the Eyes
• Daniel MacIvor, Cul-de-sac
• Richard Sanger, Two Words for Snow

Daniel MacIvor (born 1962) is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director and film director. ...

Nonfiction

Winner:

• John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed

Other finalists:

• Ted Bishop, Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books
• Michael Mitchell, The Molly Fire
• Edward Shorter, Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire
• Jessica Warner, The Incendiary: The Misadventures of John the Painter, First Modern Terrorist

Ted Bishop was also the British Labour MP for Newark from 1964 to 1979. ... Michael Mitchell is a former indigenous Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club in the VFL/AFL. Mitchell, from Western Australia was an exciting footballer in the 1980s and early 1990s, but during some of the Richmond Football Clubs less exciting years in terms of onfield performance. ...

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Pamela Porter, The Crazy Man

Other finalists:

• Francis Chalifour, After
• Barbara Nickel, Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach
• Gail Nyoka, Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale
• Shyam Selvadurai, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

Francis Chalifour (born April 13, 1977) is a contemporary Canadian writer. ... Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965) is a Canadian novelist who wrote Funny Boy (1994), which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and Cinnamon Gardens (1998). ...

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Day (Sarah L. Thomson)

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• Kyrsten Brooker, City Angel (Eileen Spinelli)
• Wallace Edwards, Mixed Beasts (Kenyon Cox)
• Murray Kimber, The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes)
• Rajka Kupesic, Maria Chapdelaine (Louis Hémon)

Wallace Edwards is a Canadian childrens illustrator who won the 2002 Governor Generals Award for his work on the book Alphabeasts. ... Louis Hémon (born 11 October 1880 in Brest, France, died 8 July 1913 in Chapleau, Ontario), is a francophone writer best known for his novel Maria Chapdelaine. ...

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

• Fred A. Reed, Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition (Thierry Hentsch, Raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l’imaginaire occidental)

Other finalists:

• Jane Brierley, America: The Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Dawn of a New Power (Denis Vaugeois, America, 1803-1853 : l’expédition de Lewis & Clark et la naissance d’une nouvelle puissance)
• Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood, Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon (Nicole Brossard, Hier)
• Wayne Grady, Return from Africa (Francine D'Amour, Le Retour d’Afrique)
• Fred A. Reed and David Homel, All that Glitters (Martine Desjardins, L'Élu du hasard)

Nicole Brossard (born November 27, 1943 in Montreal) is a leading French Canadian formalist poet and novelist. ... Wayne Grady (born 1948) is a Canadian writer, editor, and translator; currently working as the science editor of Equinox. ...

French language finalists

Fiction

Winner:

• Aki Shimazaki, Hotaru

Other finalists: Aki Shimazaki (born 1954 in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. ...

• Marie-Claire Blais, Augustino et le chœur de la destruction
• Nicolas Dickner, Nikolski
• Christiane Frenette, Après la nuit rouge
• Guy Lalancette, Un amour empoulaillé

Marie-Claire Blais is a Canadian author. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Jean-Marc Desgent, Vingtièmes siècles

Other finalists:

• Marc André Brouillette, M'accompagne
• François Dumont, Brisures
• Danielle Fournier, Il n’y a rien d’intact dans ma chair
• Fernand Ouellette, L’Inoubliable: Chronique I

Drama

Winner:

• Geneviève Billette, Le Pays des genoux

Other finalists:

• Jean-Rock Gaudreault, Pour ceux qui croient que la Terre est ronde
• François Godin, Louisiane Nord
• Marie-Christine Lê-Huu, Jouliks

François Benjamin Godin (March 28, 1828–March 3, 1888) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. ...

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Michel Bock, Quand la nation débordait les frontières: les minorités françaises dans la pensée de Lionel Groulx

Other finalists: Michel Bock, is the winner of the 2005 Governor Generals Literary Awards in the French, non fiction category. ...

• Paul Bleteau and Mario Poirier, Le vagabond stoïque: Louis Hémon
• Gilles Dostaler, Keynes et ses combats
• Éric Méchoulan, Le livre avalé: de la littérature entre mémoire et culture (XVIe – XVIIIe siècle)
• Sébastien Vincent, Laissés dans l’ombre: les Québécois engagés volontaires de 39-45 (ou quatorze Québécois racontent leur participation volontaire à la Seconde Guerre mondiale)

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Camille Bouchard, Le Ricanement des hyènes

Other finalists:

• Alain M. Bergeron, Les Tempêtes ou Les mémoires d’un Beatle raté
• Jean-Pierre Davidts, Le Baiser de la sangsue
• Danielle Marcotte, Les sabots rouges
• Sylvain Meunier, L’homme à la bicyclette

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Isabelle Arsenault, Le cœur de monsieur Gauguin (Marie-Danielle Croteau)

Other finalists:

• Pascale Constantin, La vie comptée de Raoul Lecompte (Gilles Tibo)
• Luc Melanson, Les compositeurs (Claudio Ricignuolo)
• Stéphane Poulin, Un chant de Noël (Lucie Papineau)
• Pierre Pratt, Le jour où Zoé zozota (Pierre Pratt)

Translation - English to French

Winner:

• Rachel Martinez, Glenn Gould: une vie (Kevin Bazzana, Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould)

Other finalists:

• Benoit Léger, Miracles en série (Carol Shields, Various Miracles)
• Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Drôle de tendresse (Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness)
• Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, La fille du Kamikaze (Kerri Sakamoto, One Hundred Million Hearts)
• Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Le Vol du corbeau (Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies)

Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... Miriam Toews (born 1964 in Steinbach, Manitoba) is a Canadian novelist and humorist of Mennonite descent. ... A Complicated Kindness is a novel by the Canadian author Miriam Toews. ... Kerri Sakamoto is a Canadian novelist. ... Ann-Marie MacDonald, born in 1958, is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... The Way the Crow Flies is a 2003 novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald. ...

External links

• Canada Council press release announcing the 2005 nominees
• CBC: David Gilmour wins GG for English fiction

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