With a fourth Governor General's Award, the novelist Marie-Claire Blais became Tuesday the Quebec novelist most often cited in these prestigious awards, the oldest of Canada. After Pauline Manuscripts Archangel (1968), The deaf in the city (1979) and Thirst (1996), author from Limoilou wins this year with Rebecca born in the era of torment, published by Boréal.
The Montreal illustrator Stéphane Jorisch also reached the plateau record four "GG" for his work on the text of Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat (Kids Can Press), Mr. Jorisch was also nominated for French side A gift for Sophie, the text of Gilles Vigneault who won earlier this month the price of Canadian Children's Book Group / TD.
With the exception of Pierre Ouellet, traveling in Japan, which has been awarded the test, his second for Off-time - Poetics of posthistoire (VLB editor), all winners this morning attended the presentation Arts Council of Canada (which administers the "GG") at the McCord Museum of Sherbrooke Street. The winners will be officially received by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, on December 10 at Rideau Hall. Each of the 14 winners receives a cash prize of $ 15 000 and their editor, a grant of $ 3,000 for the promotion of winning titles. These literary awards, in their 72nd year, totaling $ 450 000 mainly from the sponsorship of BMO Financial Group.
French side, the other winners are, in the poetry category, Michel Pleau for the slow collection of the world (Editions David) and theater, Jennifer Tremblay for the monologue The list (of the car Ed.).
In literature youth, juries have awarded the three leagues (The short scale) by Sylvie Desrosiers, a story for 13-16 years on the difficult relationship between a father (absent) and his son: "They finally meet "We tell the author. The illustrator Janice Nadeau has also won the "GG" for my best friend, a text published by Gilles Tibo Quebec America.
In the translation categories, prices went to Claire and Louise Chabalier Chabalier for Tracey to pieces, the French version published Allusifs shock of the novel The Tracey Fragments Maureen Medved (House of Anansi), I believe, is the first time that two sisters won the grand prize for literature in Canada. French to English, "GG" went to Montrealers Lazer Lederhendler for his translation of Nikolski Nicolas Dickner (Viola), numerous awards in Quebec and being translated into seven other languages. "A translation," said Lederhendler with humor, is never true nor appreciated but nobody ever said that lack of originality "(translation of La Presse ...).
The Montreal multi-80s, moreover, is central to the novel by Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species (Doubleday), which earned a second Toronto Governor General's Awards in "fiction".
Speaking of territory, Marie-Claire Blais, after the customary, expressed at the meeting of his "concern" about the future programs of assistance to writers who work outside national borders. The creators are never absent, said, in essence, the Medici Prize laureate 1966 (A Season in the Life of Emmanuel). "They must be deployed to the world and they will always be where they are a source of insight and vision." Remember that ultimately, in 1968, Ms. Blais had received its first Governor General's Award after Hubert Aquin (1929 -1977), Cited for memory hole, he had refused for "political reasons".
The Montreal illustrator Stéphane Jorisch also reached the plateau record four "GG" for his work on the text of Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat (Kids Can Press), Mr. Jorisch was also nominated for French side A gift for Sophie, the text of Gilles Vigneault who won earlier this month the price of Canadian Children's Book Group / TD.
With the exception of Pierre Ouellet, traveling in Japan, which has been awarded the test, his second for Off-time - Poetics of posthistoire (VLB editor), all winners this morning attended the presentation Arts Council of Canada (which administers the "GG") at the McCord Museum of Sherbrooke Street. The winners will be officially received by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, on December 10 at Rideau Hall. Each of the 14 winners receives a cash prize of $ 15 000 and their editor, a grant of $ 3,000 for the promotion of winning titles. These literary awards, in their 72nd year, totaling $ 450 000 mainly from the sponsorship of BMO Financial Group.
French side, the other winners are, in the poetry category, Michel Pleau for the slow collection of the world (Editions David) and theater, Jennifer Tremblay for the monologue The list (of the car Ed.).
In literature youth, juries have awarded the three leagues (The short scale) by Sylvie Desrosiers, a story for 13-16 years on the difficult relationship between a father (absent) and his son: "They finally meet "We tell the author. The illustrator Janice Nadeau has also won the "GG" for my best friend, a text published by Gilles Tibo Quebec America.
In the translation categories, prices went to Claire and Louise Chabalier Chabalier for Tracey to pieces, the French version published Allusifs shock of the novel The Tracey Fragments Maureen Medved (House of Anansi), I believe, is the first time that two sisters won the grand prize for literature in Canada. French to English, "GG" went to Montrealers Lazer Lederhendler for his translation of Nikolski Nicolas Dickner (Viola), numerous awards in Quebec and being translated into seven other languages. "A translation," said Lederhendler with humor, is never true nor appreciated but nobody ever said that lack of originality "(translation of La Presse ...).
The Montreal multi-80s, moreover, is central to the novel by Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species (Doubleday), which earned a second Toronto Governor General's Awards in "fiction".
Speaking of territory, Marie-Claire Blais, after the customary, expressed at the meeting of his "concern" about the future programs of assistance to writers who work outside national borders. The creators are never absent, said, in essence, the Medici Prize laureate 1966 (A Season in the Life of Emmanuel). "They must be deployed to the world and they will always be where they are a source of insight and vision." Remember that ultimately, in 1968, Ms. Blais had received its first Governor General's Award after Hubert Aquin (1929 -1977), Cited for memory hole, he had refused for "political reasons".
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