2000 Governor General's Awards

The 2000 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall.^[1]

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Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost	Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Austin Clarke, The Question David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
Non-fiction	Nega Mezlekia, Notes from the Hyena's Belly	Robert Bringhurst, A Story as Sharp as a Knife Trevor Herriot, River in a Dry Land A. B. McKillop, The Spinster and the Prophet
Poetry	Don McKay, Another Gravity	George Bowering, His Life A. F. Moritz, Rest on the Flight into Egypt John Pass, Water Stair Patricia Young, Ruin and Beauty
Drama	Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex	George Boyd, Consecrated Ground Linda Griffiths, Alien Creature Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks, Monster Jason Sherman, It's All True
Children's literature	Deborah Ellis, Looking for X	Martha Brooks, Being with Henry Sharon E. McKay, Charlie Wilcox Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew Duncan Thornton, Kalifax
Children's illustration	Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story	Nelly Hofer and Ernst Hofer, The Snow Queen Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections Regolo Ricci, The Market Wedding Cybèle Young, Pa's Harvest
French to English translation	Robert Majzels, Just Fine (France Daigle, Pas pire)	Sheila Fischman, Terra Firma (Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme) Linda Gaboriau, Down Dangerous Passes Road (Michel Marc Bouchard, Le chemin des Passes-dangereuses) Bobby Theodore, 15 Seconds (François Archambault, 15 secondes)

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Jean-Marc Dalpé, Un vent se lève qui éparpille	Christiane Duchesne, L'Homme des silences Roger Magini, Styx Pierre Samson, Il était une fois une ville Alison Lee Strayer, Jardin et prairie
Non-fiction	Gérard Bouchard, Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde	Brian T. Fitch, À l'ombre de la littérature Olga Hazan, Le mythe du progrès artistique Yves Lavertu, Jean-Charles Harvey Robert Major, Convoyages
Poetry	Normand de Bellefeuille, La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien	Martine Audet, Orbites Joël Des Rosiers, Vétiver Madeleine Gagnon, Rêve de pierre Claude Paré, Exécuté en chambre
Drama	Wajdi Mouawad, Littoral	Geneviève Billette, Crime contre l'humanité Serge Boucher, 24 Poses Jasmine Dubé, L'Arche de Noémie Lise Vaillancourt, Le petit dragon and La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne
Children's literature	Charlotte Gingras, Un été de Jade	Guy Dessureault, L'homme au chat François Gravel, L'été de la moustache Gilles Tibo, La Planète du petit géant Hélène Vachon, Le délire de Somerset
Children's illustration	Anne Villeneuve, L'Écharpe rouge	Marie-Louise Gay, Sur mon île Pascale Constantin, Gloups!, Bébé-vampire Geneviève Côté, La grande aventure d'un petit mouton noir Gérard DuBois, Riquet à la Houppe
English to French translation	Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Un parfum de cèdre	Jude Des Chênes, L'honneur du guerrier Dominique Issenhuth, Amants

v t e Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit
English-language awards	Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1937–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration French to English translation
French-language awards	Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1959–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration English to French translation
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2000 Governor General's Awards

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