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2010 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2010 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 13, and winning titles were announced on November 16. ''The Globe and Mail'', November 16, 2010. Each winner will receive a cheque for $25,000 and a leatherbound copy of their book. English French References External links Governor General's Awards {{GovernorGeneralsAwards [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction; he created the Governor General's Literary Award with two award categories. Successive governors general have followed suit, establishing an award for whichever endeavour they personally found important. Only Adrienne Clarkson created three Governor General's Awards: the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Governor General's Northern Medal, and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950). Governor General's Literary Awards Inaugurated in 1937 for 1936 publications in two categories, the Governor General's Literary Awards have become one of Canada's most prestigious p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (writer)
Richard Greene (born July 17, 1961) is a Canadian poet. His book ''Boxing the Compass'' won the Governor General's Award for English language poetry at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. ''The Globe and Mail'', November 16, 2010. A resident of , , Greene teaches English literature at the |
Lesley Fairfield
Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename. Places * Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility * Lesley University, American academic institution People Given name * Lesley Baker (b. 1944), Australian actress * Lesley Bamberger (born 1965/1966), Dutch billionaire, owner of Kroonenberg Groep * Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British writer and editor * Lesley M. M. Blume, American author * Lesley Turner Bowrey (b. 1942), Australian tennis player * Lesley-Ann Brandt (b. 1981), South African-born actress * Lesley Choyce (b. 1951), American-born writer based in Canada * Lesley Douglas (b. 1963), British radio executive * Lesley-Anne Down (b. 1954), British actress * Lesley Ann Downey (1954–1964), British murder victim * Lesley Duncan (1943–2010), British singer-songwriter * Lesley Dunlop (b. 1956), British actress * Lesley Elliott (other), multiple p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Phillips (writer)
Wendy Phillips (born January 2, 1952) is an American actress, known for her roles on television series including ''Falcon Crest'', '' Homefront'' and ''Promised Land''. Life and career Phillips was born in Brooklyn, New York. She made her screen debut in the 1975 NBC Movie of the Week, ''Death Be Not Proud''. Two years later, Phillips made her big screen debut in the drama film '' Fraternity Row''. On television, she starred alongside Mitchell Ryan in the CBS drama series, ''Executive Suite'' from 1976 to 1977, and later on the NBC series ''The Eddie Capra Mysteries'' (1978–79). She later guest-starred on ''Lou Grant'', ''Trapper John, M.D.'', ''Taxi'', ''St. Elsewhere'', ''The Twilight Zone'', and ''Murder, She Wrote'' During the 1980s, Phillips appeared in films '' Airplane II: The Sequel'' (1982) and ''Midnight Run'' (1988), and well as number of made-for-television movies notable ''Paper Dolls'' (1982), the NBC miniseries ''A Year in the Life'' (1986) and its sequel series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award For English-language Children's Literature
The Governor General's Award for English-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council. In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but there was a single award for "Juvenile" literature from 1949 to 1958, and the four present-day "Children's" awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized writing in an English-language children's book every year from 1975. Juvenile fiction The oldest of now-14 annual Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were inaugurated in 1936. One award for a "juvenile" book was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Yee
David Yee is a Canadian actor and playwright. His play ''lady in the red dress'' was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. His play ''carried away on the crest of a wave'' won this award at the 2015 Governor General's Awards. Early life Yee was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Chinese and Scottish ancestry. He graduated from the University of Toronto Mississauga theatre and drama studies program in 2000. Intending to pursue acting he focused instead on play writing. Career His play ''lady in the red dress'' was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. In 2011, his play ''paper Series'' was shortlisted for the 2011 Carol Bolt Award. He won the 2013 Carol Bolt Award for Best Work Premiered by a Playwrights Guild of Canada member for his play ''carried away on the crest of a wave''. The play debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Thompson
Judith Clare Thompson, OC (born September 20, 1954) is a Canadian playwright who lives in Toronto, Ontario. She has twice been awarded the Governor General's Award for drama, and is the recipient of many other awards including the Order of Canada, the Walter Carsen Performing Arts Award, the Toronto Arts Award, The Epilepsy Ontario Award, The B'nai B'rith Award, the Dora, the Chalmers, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award (a global competition for the best play written by a woman in the English Language) and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, both for Palace of the End, which premiered at Canadian Stage, and has been produced all over the world in many languages. She has received honorary doctorates from Thorneloe University and, in Nov. 2016, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Early years Thompson was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of William Robert Thompson, a geneticist and the head of the Department of Psychology at Queen's University at Kingston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Healey
Michael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He graduated from the acting programme at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in 1985. His acting credits include the plays of Jason Sherman (''The League of Nathans'', ''Reading Hebron'' and ''Three in the Back, Two in the Head'') and George F. Walker (''The End of Civilization'', ''Better Living''). Playwright Healey trained as an actor at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in the mid -eighties. He began writing for the stage in the early nineties and his first play, a solo one-act called ''Kicked'', was produced at the Fringe of Toronto Festival in 1996. He subsequently toured the play across Canada and internationally, and in 1998 it won a Dora Mavor Moore Award (Toronto's theatre awards) as best new play. ''The Drawer Boy'', his first full-length play, premiered in Toronto in 1999 and won the Dora for best new play, a Chalmers Canadian Playwriting Award, and the Governor General's Literary Award. It has been produced across No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman
Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and actress. Her 2008 play, ''Scratch'', was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2009, was a prizewinner in the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition, and was nominated for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. ''Guarded Girls'', Corbeil-Coleman's 2019 play about women in the Canadian prison system, premiered at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto and then was performed in Kitchener-Waterloo at Green Light Arts, which had originally commissioned it. It received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play and was shortlisted for the 2020 Governor General's Award for English-language drama. In 2022, Corbeil-Coleman's holiday musical '' Almost a Full Moon'', based on Hawksley Workman's Christmas album of the same name, premiered at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. Corbeil-Coleman's other work as a playwright includes ''The E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Chafe
Robert Chafe (born 1971) ''Waterfront Views: Contemporary Writing of Atlantic Canada''. is a playwright and actor based in St. John's. He is the author of seventeen stage scripts and co-author of another eight. His play ''Afterimage'' won the at the |
Governor General's Award For English-language Drama
The Governor General's Award for English-language drama honours excellence in Canadian English-language playwriting. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama was divided. Because the award is presented for plays published in print, a play's eligibility for the award can sometimes be several years later than its eligibility for awards, such as the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play or the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award, which are based on the theatrical staging."Plays at the G-Gs: better late than never". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 22, 2005. Titles which compile several works by the playwright into a single volume may also be nominated for or win the award. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple winners and nominees 2 Wins * Catherine Banks * John Mighton * Colleen Murphy * Morris Panych * Sharon Pollock * Jordan Tannahill * Judith Thompson * George F. Walker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Siebert
Melanie Siebert is a Canadian poet."Ten Questions with Melanie Siebert" . Open Book Toronto, March 30, 2010. Her first book ''Deepwater Vee'' is a shortlisted nominee for the at the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |