The Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English. A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

This prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star. The prize is given in November of each year and comes with a cash reward of $25,000. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ... The Toronto Star is a major metropolitan newspaper produced in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Giller Award nominees and winners

1994

• M.G. Vassanji - The Book of Secrets
• Bonnie Burnard - Casino and Other Stories
• Eliza Clark - What You Need
• Shyam Selvadurai - Funny Boy
• Steve Weiner - The Museum of Love

Jury: Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, David Staines See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Moyez G. Vassanji (who writes as M.G. Vassanji) is a Kenyan/Canadian novelist. ... Bonnie Burnard (born January 15, Canadian novelist who lives in London, Ontario. ... Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965) is a Canadian novelist who wrote Funny Boy (1994), which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and Cinamon Gardens (1998). ... Alice Munro (born Alice Ann Laidlaw on July 10, 1931) is a noted Canadian short story writer. ... Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter, and essayist. ... David McKenzie Staines (born on August 8, 1946 at Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian literary critic, university professor, writer and editor. ...

1995

• Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
• Timothy Findley - The Piano Man's Daughter
• Barbara Gowdy - Mister Sandman
• Leo Mackay, Jr. - Like This
• Richard B. Wright - The Age of Longing

Jury: Mordecai Richler, David Staines, Jane Urquhart See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Rohinton Mistry (born July 3, 1952) is a Parsee author. ... Timothy Findley (October 30, 1930 - June 20, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright, who was one of Canadas most famous writers. ... Barbara Gowdy, born in 1950 in Canada, is a novelist. ... Richard B. Wright is a Canadian novelist. ... Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter, and essayist. ... David McKenzie Staines (born on August 8, 1946 at Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian literary critic, university professor, writer and editor. ... Jane Urquhart (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian author. ...

1996

• Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace
• Gail Anderson-Dargatz - The Cure for Death by Lightning
• Ann-Marie MacDonald - Fall on Your Knees
• Anne Michaels - Fugitive Pieces
• Guy Vanderhaeghe - The Englishman's Boy

Jury: Bonnie Burnard, Carol Shields, David Staines See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Alias Grace book cover Margaret Atwoods novel Alias Grace deals with the notorious murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Upper Canada in 1843. ... Gail Anderson-Dargatz (born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia) is a Canadian novelist. ... Ann-Marie MacDonald, born in 1958, is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Anne Michaels (born 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist. ... Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe (born April 5, 1951) is a Canadian fiction author from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. ... Bonnie Burnard (born January 15, Canadian novelist who lives in London, Ontario. ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... David McKenzie Staines (born on August 8, 1946 at Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian literary critic, university professor, writer and editor. ...

1997

• Mordecai Richler - Barney's Version
• Michael Helm - The Projectionist
• Shani Mootoo - Cereus Blooms at Night
• Nino Ricci - Where She Has Gone
• Carol Shields - Larry's Party

Jury: Bonnie Burnard, Mavis Gallant, Peter Gzowski See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter, and essayist. ... Michael Helm is a Canadian novelist. ... Shani Mootoo (born 1958 in Ireland) is a Trinidadian-Canadian writer and artist. ... Nino Ricci (born 1959) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... Bonnie Burnard (born January 15, Canadian novelist who lives in London, Ontario. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Peter Gzowski, CC (July 13, 1934 - January 24, 2002) was a Polish-Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. ...

1998

• Alice Munro - The Love of a Good Woman
• André Alexis - Childhood
• Gail Anderson-Dargatz - A Recipe for Bees
• Barbara Gowdy - The White Bone
• Greg Hollingshead - The Healer
• Wayne Johnston - The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

Jury: Margaret Atwood, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Peter Gzowski See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alice Munro (born Alice Ann Laidlaw on July 10, 1931) is a noted Canadian short story writer. ... The Love of a Good Woman is a collection of short stories by Canadian writer Alice Munro, published in 1998. ... André Alexis André Alexis (born 1957 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian writer. ... Gail Anderson-Dargatz (born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia) is a Canadian novelist. ... Barbara Gowdy, born in 1950 in Canada, is a novelist. ... Gregory Hollingshead (born 1947) is a Canadian novelist. ... Wayne Johnston (born in Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1958) is a Canadian writer. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe (born April 5, 1951) is a Canadian fiction author from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. ... Peter Gzowski, CC (July 13, 1934 - January 24, 2002) was a Polish-Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. ...

1999

• Bonnie Burnard - A Good House
• Timothy Findley - Pilgrim
• Anne Hébert - Am I Disturbing You?
• Nancy Huston - The Mark of the Angel
• David Macfarlane - Summer Gone

Jury: Alberto Manguel, Judith Mappin, Nino Ricci See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Bonnie Burnard (born January 15, Canadian novelist who lives in London, Ontario. ... Timothy Findley (October 30, 1930 - June 20, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright, who was one of Canadas most famous writers. ... Anne Hebert Anne Hébert (August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000) was a Canadian author and poet. ... Nancy Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian-born author who writes primarily in French. ... Alberto Manguel (born 1948) is an Canada. ... Nino Ricci (born 1959) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ...

2000

In 2000, the award was presented to two writers. This is the only time the Giller has ever resulted in a tie, and Rabinovitch has advised subsequent Giller juries that they must choose a single winner. See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

• Michael Ondaatje - Anil's Ghost
• David Adams Richards - Mercy Among the Children
• Alan Cumyn - Burridge Unbound
• Elizabeth Hay - A Student of Weather
• Eden Robinson - Monkey Beach
• Fred Stenson - The Trade

Jury: Margaret Atwood, Alistair MacLeod, Jane Urquhart Michael Ondaatje OC (born September 12, 1943) is a Canadian author. ... David Adams Richards (born 1950) is a Canadian author. ... Alan Cumyn (born 1960) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. ... Eden Robinson (born 1968 in Kitamaat, British Columbia) is a Canadian writer. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Alistair MacLeod (born 1936) is a noted Canadian author. ... Jane Urquhart (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian author. ...

2001

• Richard B. Wright - Clara Callan
• Sandra Birdsell - The Russlander
• Michael Crummey - River Thieves
• Michael Redhill - Martin Sloane
• Timothy Taylor - Stanley Park
• Jane Urquhart - The Stone Carvers

Jury: David Adams Richards, Joan Clark, Robert Fulford See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Richard B. Wright is a Canadian novelist. ... Sandra Birdsell (1942-) is a Canadian author who lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. ... Michael Redhill (born June 12, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American-born Canadian poet, playwright and novelist. ... Timothy Taylor is a lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Bradford, and an author of popular books on anthropology. ... Jane Urquhart (born June 21, 1949) is a Canadian author. ... David Adams Richards (born 1950) is a Canadian author. ... Alternate use: see Robert Fulford (croquet player) for the English croquet player. ...

2002

• Austin Clarke - The Polished Hoe
• Bill Gaston - Mount Appetite
• Wayne Johnston - The Navigator of New York
• Lisa Moore - Open
• Carol Shields - Unless

Jury: Barbara Gowdy, Thomas King, Bill New See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article is about Austin Clarke, the Canadian novelist. ... Wayne Johnston (born in Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1958) is a Canadian writer. ... Lisa Lynne Moore (born 1964 in St. ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... Barbara Gowdy, born in 1950 in Canada, is a novelist. ... This article is about the Canadian novelist. ...

2003

• M.G. Vassanji - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
• Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
• John Bemrose - The Island Walkers
• John Gould - Kilter: 55 Fictions
• Ann-Marie MacDonald - The Way the Crow Flies

Jury: Rosalie Abella, David Staines, Rudy Wiebe See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Moyez G. Vassanji (who writes as M.G. Vassanji) is a Kenyan/Canadian novelist. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Oryx and Crake book cover Oryx and Crake is a novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, which was published in 2003. ... Ann-Marie MacDonald, born in 1958, is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Rosalie Silberman Abella (born July 1, 1946 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a Canadian jurist. ... David McKenzie Staines (born on August 8, 1946 at Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian literary critic, university professor, writer and editor. ... Rudy Henry Wiebe (born 4 October 1934) is a Canadian author and professor emeritus, Department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992. ...

2004

• Alice Munro, Runaway
• Shauna Singh Baldwin, The Tiger Claw
• Wayson Choy, All That Matters
• Pauline Holdstock, Beyond Measure
• Paul Quarrington, Galveston
• Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness

Jury: M.G. Vassanji, Alistair MacLeod, Charlotte Gray. See also: 2003 in literature, other events of 2004, 2005 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alice Munro (born Alice Ann Laidlaw on July 10, 1931) is a noted Canadian short story writer. ... Runaway is a 2004 collection of short stories by Alice Munro. ... Shauna Singh Baldwin (born 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-American novelist of Indian origin. ... Wayson Choy (蔡韋森 Pinyin: Cài Wéisēn ; Jyutping: Coi3 Wai5-sam1) (born April 20, 1939) is a Vancouver-born Canadian writer of Chinese ancestry who spent his childhood in the Chinatown, Downtown. ... Pauline Holdstock is a British-Canadian essayist and writer of historical fiction. ... Paul Lewis Quarrington (born July 22, 1953) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Miriam Toews (born 1964 in Steinbach, Manitoba) is a Canadian novelist and humorist of Mennonite descent. ... Moyez G. Vassanji (who writes as M.G. Vassanji) is a Kenyan/Canadian novelist. ... Alistair MacLeod (born 1936) is a noted Canadian author. ...

2005

Jury: Warren Cariou, Elizabeth Hay, Richard B. Wright See also: 2004 in literature, other events of 2005, 2006 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Richard B. Wright is a Canadian novelist. ...

External link

• The Giller Prize official site
• Most honored books of the Giller Prize shortlists