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.

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1 English Language 1.1 Fiction 1.2 Poetry 1.3 Drama 1.4 Nonfiction 1.5 Children's Literature - Text 1.6 Children's Literature - Illustration 1.7 Translation (French to English) 2 French Language 2.1 Fiction 2.2 Poetry 2.3 Drama 2.4 Nonfiction 2.5 Children's Literature - Text 2.6 Children's Literature - Illustration 2.7 Translation (English to French) 3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost

Other Finalists:

• Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
• Austin Clarke, The Question
• David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children
• Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach

Poetry

Winner:

• Don McKay, Another Gravity

Other Finalists:

• George Bowering, His Life
• A.F. Moritz , Rest on the Flight into Egypt
• John Pass , Water Stair
• Patricia Young , Ruin and Beauty

Drama

Winner:

• Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex

Other Finalists:

• George Boyd, Consecrated Ground
• Linda Griffiths , Alien Creature
• Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks , Monster
• Jason Sherman , It's All True

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Nega Mezlekia , Notes from the Hyena's Belly

Other Finalists:

• Robert Bringhurst, A Story as Sharp as a Knife
• Trevor Herriot , River in a Dry Land
• A. B. McKillop , The Spinster and the Prophet

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Deborah Ellis , Looking for X

Other Finalists:

• Martha Brooks , Being with Henry
• Sharon E. McKay , Charlie Wilcox
• Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew
• Duncan Thornton , Kalifax

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Marie-Louise Gay , Yuck, A Love Story

Other Finalists:

• Nelly and Ernst Hofer , The Snow Queen
• Marthe Jocelyn , Hannah's Collections
• Regolo Ricci , The Market Wedding
• Cybèle Young , Pa's Harvest

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

• Robert Majzels , Just Fine

Other Finalists:

• Sheila Fischman, Terra Firma
• Linda Gaboriau, Down Dangerous Passes Road
• Bobby Theodore , 15 Seconds

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Jean-Marc Dalpé, Un vent se lève qui éparpille

Other Finalists:

• Christiane Duchesne , L'Homme des silences
• Roger Magini , Styx
• Pierre Samson , Il était une fois une ville
• Alison Lee Strayer , Jardin et prairie

Poetry

Winner:

• Normand de Bellefeuille , La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien

Other Finalists:

• Martine Audet , Orbites
• Joël Des Rosiers , Vétiver
• Madeleine Gagnon , Rêve de pierre
• Claude Paré , Exécuté en chambre

Drama

Winner:

• Wajdi Mouawad , Littoral

Other Finalists:

• Geneviève Billette , Crime contre l'humanité
• Serge Boucher , 24 Poses
• Jasmine Dubé , L'Arche de Noémie
• Lise Vaillancourt , Le petit dragon, et La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Gérard Bouchard , Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde

Other Finalists:

• Brian T. Fitch , À l'ombre de la littérature
• Olga Hazan , Le mythe du progrès artistique
• Yves Lavertu , Jean-Charles Harvey
• Robert Major , Convoyages

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Charlotte Gingras , Un été de Jade

Other Finalists:

• 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 Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Anne Villeneuve , L'Écharpe rouge

Other Finalists:

• 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

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

• Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné , Un parfum de cèdre

Other Finalists:

• Jude Des Chênes , L'honneur du guerrier
• Dominique Issenhuth , Amants

Other Governor General's Awards: