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Canadian literary award
The shortlisted nominees for the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, and winning titles were announced on November 17 (see
2009 in poetry).
[1] Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a copy of their book bound by Montreal bookbinder Lise Dubois.
English
Category
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Winner
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Nominated
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Fiction
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Kate Pullinger, The Mistress of Nothing
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Non-fiction
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M. G. Vassanji, A Place Within: Rediscovering India
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- Randall Hansen, Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-45
- Trevor Herriot, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
- Eric Margolis, American Raj: Liberation or Domination? (Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World)
- Eric Siblin, The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece
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Poetry
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David Zieroth, The Fly in Autumn
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Drama
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Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes
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Children's literature
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Caroline Pignat, Greener Grass: The Famine Years
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Children's illustration
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Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree
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French to English translation
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Susan Ouriou, Pieces of Me (La liberte? Connais pasa, Charlotte Gingras)
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French
References
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