# 2000 Governor General's Awards

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.

## English

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost | Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Austin Clarke, The Question David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach |
| Non-fiction | Nega Mezlekia, Notes from the Hyena's Belly | Robert Bringhurst, A Story as Sharp as a Knife Trevor Herriot, River in a Dry Land A. B. McKillop, The Spinster and the Prophet |
| Poetry | Don McKay, Another Gravity | George Bowering, His Life A. F. Moritz, Rest on the Flight into Egypt John Pass, Water Stair Patricia Young, Ruin and Beauty |
| Drama | Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex | George Boyd, Consecrated Ground Linda Griffiths, Alien Creature Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks, Monster Jason Sherman, It's All True |
| Children's literature | Deborah Ellis, Looking for X | Martha Brooks, Being with Henry Sharon E. McKay, Charlie Wilcox Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew Duncan Thornton, Kalifax |
| Children's illustration | Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story | Nelly Hofer and Ernst Hofer, The Snow Queen Marthe Jocelyn, Hannah's Collections Regolo Ricci, The Market Wedding Cybèle Young, Pa's Harvest |
| French to English translation | Robert Majzels, Just Fine (France Daigle, Pas pire) | Sheila Fischman, Terra Firma (Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme) Linda Gaboriau, Down Dangerous Passes Road (Michel Marc Bouchard, Le chemin des Passes-dangereuses) Bobby Theodore, 15 Seconds (François Archambault, 15 secondes) |

## French

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Jean-Marc Dalpé, Un vent se lève qui éparpille | Christiane Duchesne, L'Homme des silences Roger Magini, Styx Pierre Samson, Il était une fois une ville Alison Lee Strayer, Jardin et prairie |
| Non-fiction | Gérard Bouchard, Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde | Brian T. Fitch, À l'ombre de la littérature Olga Hazan, Le mythe du progrès artistique Yves Lavertu, Jean-Charles Harvey Robert Major, Convoyages |
| Poetry | Normand de Bellefeuille, La Marche de l'aveugle sans son chien | Martine Audet, Orbites Joël Des Rosiers, Vétiver Madeleine Gagnon, Rêve de pierre Claude Paré, Exécuté en chambre |
| Drama | Wajdi Mouawad, Littoral | Geneviève Billette, Crime contre l'humanité Serge Boucher, 24 Poses Jasmine Dubé, L'Arche de Noémie Lise Vaillancourt, Le petit dragon and La balade de Fannie et Carcassonne |
| Children's literature | Charlotte Gingras, Un été de Jade | 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 illustration | Anne Villeneuve, L'Écharpe rouge | 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 |
| English to French translation | Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Un parfum de cèdre | Jude Des Chênes, L'honneur du guerrier Dominique Issenhuth, Amants |