2012 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2012 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11, and the winners were announced on November 13.

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Linda Spalding, The Purchase
Non-fiction Ross King, Leonardo and the Last Supper
  • Nahlah Ayed, A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring
  • Carol Bishop-Gwyn, The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
  • Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
  • Noah Richler, What We Talk About When We Talk About War
Poetry Julie Bruck, Monkey Ranch
Drama Catherine Banks, It Is Solved By Walking
Children's literature Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
Children's illustration Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf
French to English translation Nigel Spencer, Mai at the Predator's Ball (Marie-Claire Blais, Mai au bal des prédateurs)

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction France Daigle, Pour sûr
Non-fiction Normand Chaurette, Comment tuer Shakespeare
  • Pierre Nepveu, Gaston Miron : La vie d'un homme
  • Pascal Riendeau, Méditation et vision de l'essai : Roland Barthes, Milan Kundera et Jacques Brault
  • Yannick Roy, La révélation inachevée : le personnage à l'épreuve de la vérité romanesque
Poetry Maude Smith Gagnon, Un drap. Une place.
  • Corinne Chevarier, Anatomie de l'objet
  • Fredric Gary Comeau, Souffles
  • Hélène Dorion, Cœurs, comme livres d'amour
  • Christian Saint-Germain, Tomahawk
Drama Geneviève Billette, Contre le temps
Children's literature Aline Apostolska, Un été d'amour et de cendres
  • Biz, La chute de Sparte (withdrawn from competition)[1]
  • Louise Bombardier, Quand j'étais chien
  • Camille Bouchard, Le coup de la giraffe
  • François Gravel,
Children's illustration Élise Gravel, La clé à molette
  • Marion Arbona, Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d'Elko
  • Manon Gauthier, Giroflée Pois-Cassé
  • Émilie Leduc, La ronde des mois
  • Katty Maurey, Quand j'étais chien
English to French translation Alain Roy, Glenn Gould (Mark Kingwell)

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