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2016 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 4, 2016,"Governor-General’s Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu" ''The Globe and Mail'', October 4, 2016. and the winners were announced on October 25. ''Quill & Quire'', October 25, 2016. [...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] |
Steven Heighton
Steven Heighton (August 14, 1961 – April 19, 2022) was a Canadian fiction writer, poet, and singer-songwriter. He is the author of eighteen books, including three short story collections, four novels, and seven poetry collections. ''Canadian Poetry Online''. His last work was ''Selected Poems 1983-2020'' () and an album, ''The Devil's Share''. Life and work Heighton was born in , , and grew up there and in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Leavitt
Martine Leavitt is a Canadian American writer of young adult novels and a creative writing instructor. Biography Leavitt was born in 1953 in Canada. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, first class honours, from the University of Calgary and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. She has seven children, twenty grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Alberta, Canada. Martine Leavitt writes novels for young adults, most recently ''Calvin'', which won the Governor General's Literary Award of Canada. ''My Book of Life by Angel'' was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. ''Keturah and Lord Death'' was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her next book, ''Buffalo Flats'', will be out in spring 2023. She teaches creative writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a short-residency MFA program. Selected works Novels * ''The Dragon's Tapestry'' (1992) * ''Prism Moon'' (1993) * '' ... [...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] |
Mary Vingoe
Mary Vingoe is a Canadian playwright, actor, and theatre director. Vingoe was one of the co-founders of Canadian feminist theatre company Nightwood Theatre and later co-founded Ship's Company Theatre in Parrsboro and Eastern Front Theatre in Halifax. From 2002 to 2007, Vingoe was artistic director of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. Vingoe is an Officer of the Order of Canada and received the Portia White Prize. Her play ''Refuge'' was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2016 Governor General's Awards."Governor-General’s Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu" '' |
Jordan Tannahill
Jordan Tannahill is a Canadian author, playwright, filmmaker, and theatre director. His novels and plays have been translated into twelve languages, and honoured with a number of prizes including two Governor General's Literary Awards."Thomas King wins Governor General’s award for fiction" '''', November 18, 2014. His debut novel, ''Liminal'', was honoured with France's 2021 Prix des Jeunes Libraires. His second novel, ''The Listeners'' was a Canadian bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2021 |
Brad Fraser
Brad Fraser (born June 28, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and cultural commentator.Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof"Fraser, Brad" ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', June 2, 2019. He is one of the most widely produced Canadian playwrights both in Canada and internationally. His plays typically feature a harsh yet comical view of contemporary life in Canada, including frank depictions of sexuality, drug use and violence. Career Fraser's most noted early play was ''Wolf Boy'';Ray Conlogue, "Wolfboy proves a real howler". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 5, 1984. first staged in Edmonton in 1981, its 1984 production in Toronto by Theatre Passe Muraille was later noted as one of the first significant acting roles for Keanu Reeves. Fraser first came to national and international prominence as a playwright with ''Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love'', an episodically structured play about a group of thirtysomethings trying to find t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pig Girl
''Pig Girl'', first produced in November 2013 and then published in November 2015, is a play by Colleen Murphy that draws upon the events of the 2007 Pickton case surrounding the murders of Indigenous women by Port Coquitlam pig farmer Robert Pickton. The play tells the stories of the fictionalized characters Dying Girl, Killer, Sister, and Police Officer in order to illuminate the Canadian issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women. ''Pig Girl'' was awarded both a Carol Bolt Award and a Governor General's Award. Title and Plot As opposed to narratives that concentrate on the victimization of murdered Indigenous women, Murphy aimed to portray their voices, heroism, and resistance, along with their societal marginalization. The play's title, ''Pig Girl'', is described by the author as ironic and provocative, as the murdered women were treated like animals. Set in the barn of the pig farm, each of ''Pig Girl''’s four fictionalized characters — The Dying Woman, The Killer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Murphy (filmmaker)
Colleen Murphy (born 1954 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian screenwriter, film director and playwright. She is best known for works including her plays ''The December Man'', which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2007 Governor General's Awards, and ''Beating Heart Cadaver'', which was a shortlisted nominee for the same award at the 1999 Governor General's Awards, and the film '' Termini Station'', for which she garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 11th Genie Awards."Playwright Colleen Murphy Is Writer-in-Residence" , October 5, 2011. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Rachel Rose
Rachel Rose (born September 20, 1970) is a Canadian/American poet, essayist and short story writer. She has published three collections of poetry, ''Giving My Body to Science'', ''Notes on Arrival and Departure'', and ''Song and Spectacle''. Her poems, essays and short stories have been published in literary magazines and anthologies in Canada and the United States. In 2011, Rose and composer Leslie Uyeda were commissioned by the Queer Arts Festival in Vancouver to write the libretto for Canada's first lesbian opera, ''When The Sun Comes Out'', which premiered in August 2013 in Vancouver and in Toronto in June 2014. Rose was Vancouver's Poet Laureate from 2014 to 2017. Rose's short story collection ''The Octopus has Three Hearts'' was nominated for the 2021 Giller Prize. Personal life Rose grew up on Hornby Island (British Columbia), Vancouver, Anacortes and Seattle.Email from Rose, dated August 28, 2010 In the mid-1990s, she lived and worked in Japan for a year. She has work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
