# 2002 Governor General's Awards

The 2002 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.

## English

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Gloria Sawai, A Song for Nettie Johnson | David Bergen, The Case of Lena S. Ann Ireland, Exile Wayne Johnston, The Navigator of New York Carol Shields, Unless |
| Non-fiction | Andrew Nikiforuk, Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil | Carolyn Abraham, Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain Jill Frayne, Starting Out in the Afternoon: A Mid-Life Journey into Wild Land Stephen Henighan, When Words Deny the World: The Reshaping of Canadian Writing Don McKay, Vis à Vis: Field Notes on Poetry & Wilderness |
| Poetry | Roy Miki, Surrender | Tammy Armstrong, Bogman's Music Colin Browne, Ground Water Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth Erín Moure, O Cidadán |
| Drama | Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918) | Claudia Dey, The Gwendolyn Poems Lorena Gale, Je me souviens Michael MacLennan, The Shooting Stage |
| Children's literature | Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl | Alan Cumyn, The Secret Life of Owen Skye Deborah Ellis, Parvana's Journey John Lekich, The Losers' Club Karen Levine, Hana's Suitcase |
| Children's illustration | Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts | Brian Deines, Dragonfly Kites/pimihákanisa Marie-Louise Gay, Stella, Fairy of the Forest Rogé, When Pigs Fly Janie Jaehyun Park, The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon |
| French to English translation | Nigel Spencer, Thunder and Light | Sheila Fischman, Twelve Opening Acts Linda Gaboriau, Impromptu on Nun's Island Liedewy Hawke, The Milky Way Lazer Lederhendler, Larry Volt |

## French

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Monique LaRue, La Gloire de Cassiodore | Guy Demers, L'Intime Monique Proulx, Le Cœur est un muscle involontaire Hélène Vachon, La tête ailleurs Pierre Yergeau, La désertion |
| Non-fiction | Judith Lavoie, Mark Twain et la parole noire | Claude Lévesque, Par-delà le masculin et le féminin Lucie K. Morriset, La mémoire du paysage — Histoire de la forme urbain d'un centre-ville: Saint-Roch, Québec Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge, Réjean Ducharme: Une poétique du débris Émile Ollivier, Repérages |
| Poetry | Robert Dickson, Humains paysages en temps de paix relative | Anne-Marie Alonzo, ...et la nuit René Lapierre, Piano Paul-Marie Lapointe, Espèces fragiles Louise Warren, La lumière, l'arbre, le trait |
| Drama | Daniel Danis, Le Langue-à-Langue des chiens de roche | Carole Fréchette, Jean et Béatrice Wajdi Mouawad, Rêves Reynald Robinson, L'Hôtel des Horizons Pierre-Michel Tremblay, Le rire de la mer |
| Children's literature | Hélène Vachon, L'oiseau de passage | Dominique Demers, Ta voix dans la nuit François Gravel, David et la maison de la sorcière Sylvain Meunier, Le seul ami Pierre Roy, Une tonne de patates! |
| Children's illustration | Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur | Philippe Béha, La reine rouge Jean-Marie Benoit, Le voyage à l'envers Guy England, L'ami perdu Mylène Pratt, Décroche-moi la lune |
| English to French translation | Paule Noyart, Histoire universelle de la chasteté et du célibat | Florence Bernard, F. R. Scott: une vie Jean Paré, La révolution des droits Carole Sadelain, La nature des économies |