Canada's Storytellers Les grands écrivains du Canada: The GG Literary Award Laureates Les lauréats des Prix littéraires du GG

by Andrew David Irvine (Editor), Edmond Rivère (With), Stephanie Tolman (With)

Overview

For over three-quarters of a century, the Governor General’s Literary Awards have been awarded annually in a variety of evolving categories. Fifteen Governors General have served as their patron. The impressive list continues to grow apace: between 1936 and 2018, the awards recognized 719 books in English and French and have been presented to 580 authors, illustrators, and translators. 

This beautifully illustrated bilingual compendium presents the biographies of all 580 award laureates, many accompanied by stunning archival portraits.

This is the final instalment in Andrew Irvine’s remarkable and comprehensive research into what has become a touchstone of Canada’s literary culture. Together with Canada’s Best and The Governor General’s Literary Awards of Canada: A Bibliography, this work provides readers with a definitive overview of this literary prize.

By itself, Canada’s Storytellers is an invaluable reading companion for anyone wanting to be introduced to many of our most influential authors, illustrators, and translators working in both French and English over the past decades. It belongs on the shelf of every enthusiast of Canadian literature.

Bilingual edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780776628059
Publisher:	University of Ottawa Press
Publication date:	03/24/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	800
File size:	46 MB
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About the Author

Andrew David Irvine est professeur à l'Université de Colombie Britanique (UBC), où il a siégé en tant que vice-président du bureau des gouverneurs. Il a également été directeur du secteur Économie, Philosophie et Science politique de la UBC Okanagan, ainsi que président de la British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.
Andrew David Irvine teaches at the University of British Columbia. He is a past vice-chair of the UBC Board of Governors, a past head of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at UBC Okanagan, and a past president of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.
Andrew David Irvine teaches at the University of British Columbia. He is a past vice-chair of the UBC Board of Governors, a past head of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at UBC Okanagan, and a past president of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.
Edmond Rivère lectures in French at UBC Okanagan.
Stephanie Tolman lectures in French at UBC Okanagan.

Read an Excerpt

The history of the Governor General’s Literary Awards has been the history of Canada itself. Winning books have influenced Canada as much as Canada has influenced them. They have included many of Canada’s best works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.

Table of Contents

Introduction

 

The Governor General’s Literary Awards of Canada | Les Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général du Canada

Governors General | Gouverneurs généraux

Award Laureates | Lauréats

Award List | Liste des prix

English-language Awards

Prix pour les livres de langue française

 

Notes

Acknowledgements | Remerciements

Editorial Reviews

This is an impressive work of scholarship, formidable in detail and unrivalled in its precise use of archival and other primary sources. It eclipses all prior attempts at describing the GGs and will not easily be surpassed; on the contrary, it will serve as the starting point for all subsequent work on this important award cherished by Canadians.

-Eli MacLaren

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