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2020 Governor General's Awards

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The shortlisted nominees for the 2020 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on May 4, 2021,[1] and the winners were announced on June 1.[2] Ordinarily the award shortlists and winners would have been named in fall 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

English

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Michelle Good, Five Little Indians
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Madhur Anand, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart
Poetry Blue ribbon Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
Drama Blue ribbon Kim Senklip Harvey, Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story
Children's literature Blue ribbon Eric Walters, The King of Jam Sandwiches
Children's illustration Blue ribbon The Fan Brothers, The Barnabus Project
French to English translation Blue ribbon Lazer Lederhendler, If You Hear Me (Pascale Quiviger, Si tu m'entends)

French

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Sophie Létourneau, Chasse à l'homme
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Frédérique Bernier, Hantises
Poetry Blue ribbon Martine Audet, La Société des cendres
Drama Blue ribbon Martin Bellemare, Cœur minéral
Children's literature Blue ribbon François Blais, Lac Adélard
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Katia Canciani and Guillaume Perreault, Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire
English to French translation Blue ribbon Georgette LeBlanc, Océan (Susan Goyette, Ocean)

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