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2023 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2023 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 25, 2023, and the winners were announced on November 8. '''', November 8, 2023. 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] |
Angela Sterritt
Angela Sterritt is a Canadian journalist of the Gitxsan Nation, who was a multi-platform reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia for more than 10 years. She is most noted as a Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Local Reporter at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for her story on a Heiltsuk grandfather and granddaughter who were wrongfully accused of bank fraud when trying to open the young girl's first bank account."CBC Vancouver's Angela Sterritt named best local reporter at Canadian Screen Awards" British Columbia, May 18, 2021. She was previously nominated in th ... [...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] |
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 |
Suvendrini Lena
Suvendrini Lena is a Canadian neurologist and writer. She is most noted for her theatrical play ''The Enchanted Loom'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2023 Governor General's Awards. A staff neurologist at Women's College Hospital and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, she was born in London, England, to Sri Lankan parents who had left that country during the Sri Lankan Civil War because of their status as a mixed Tamil and Sinhalese couple. The family moved to Toronto, Ontario, when she was a child. ''The Enchanted Loom'', a play about the enduring psychological effects of the Sri Lankan war, premiered at Toronto's Factory Theatre in 2016, with its cast including Sam Kalilieh and Kawa Ada. It was published in book form by Playwrights Canada Press in fall 2022. In March 2023 she premiered ''Rubble'', a play inspired by the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha Lena Khalaf Tuffaha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Kanagawa
is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including ''Smallville'', ''Caprica'', '' Godzilla'', '' The Man in the High Castle'', '' Altered Carbon'', ''iZombie'', '' Legends of Tomorrow'', '' Heroes Reborn'' and '' Kim's Convenience'' and was a writer on '' Da Vinci's City Hall''. As a voice-over artist, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the '' Mobile Suit Gundam'' franchise and played Reed Richards in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes''. Kanagawa has also written several stage dramas. He won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for his 2017 play ''Indian Arm''. Early life and education Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and grew up in Guelph, Ontario; Sterling Heights, Michigan and Tokyo. Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darla Contois
Darla Contois is an Indigenous ( Cree-Saulteaux) writer and actress from Misipawistik Cree Nation, Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada.Ian Graham"‘We don’t really get as much as the southern part of the province:’ Liberal candidate Darla Contois" ''Thompson Citizen'', August 29, 2019. She stars as Esther Rosenblum/Bezhig Little Bird in the Canadian drama television series '' Little Bird'', which premiered on Crave and APTN lumi on May 26, 2023. She graduated from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre’s professional training program in 2014 and attended David Smukler's National Voice Intensive. Her solo show ''White Man’s Indian'' premiered at Summerworks 2017 in Toronto where she was awarded the Emerging Artist Award. Her most recent work, ''The War Being Waged'', was produced by Winnipeg's Prairie Theatre Exchange as part of their 2021–22 season. ''The War Being Waged'' was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2023 Governor Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Cardinal
Cliff Cardinal is a Canadian actor, playwright and songwriter, known for his one-man show ''The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It''.Karen Fricker ''Toronto Star'', March 15, 2023. Early life The son of actress Tantoo Cardinal, he was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and grew up in Toronto and Los Angeles as his mother pursued her career in both Canada and the United States. He had early acting roles in productions such as Michael Hollingsworth's ''The Saskatchewan Rebellion'' and Kenneth Williams's ''Three Little Birds'', and made his debut as a playwright with ''Stitch'' at the 2009 Rubaboo Performance Gala in Edmonton. Theatre career In 2011, ''Stitch'' was staged at the SummerWorks Theatre Festival, where Cardinal won the Theatre Passe Muraille Emerging Artist Award, and Cara Gee won Best Actress for her performance in the lead role. He first became widely known in 2012 for his one-man show ''Huff'', which examined the issue of drug and solven ... [...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] |
Susan Musgrave
Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and currently lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been nominated several times for Canada's Governor General literary awards. Musgrave left school at 14, and had her first works published at 16. In 1986, at a wedding held in prison, she married Stephen Reid, a writer, convicted bank robber and former member of the infamous band of thieves known as the Stopwatch Gang. Their relationship was chronicled in 1999 in the CBC series '' The Fifth Estate''. Musgrave defended Al Purdy's collection of poetry, ''Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962–1996'', in '' Canada Reads 2006'', a nationally broadcast radio "battle of the books" competition. She currently teaches creative writing in the University of British Columbia's optional residency Master of Fine Arts program. Musgrav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Ching-Yan Lam
Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886–1966), Australian hospital administrator * Amy Adams (born 1974), American actress * Amy Alcott (born 1956) – American Hall of Fame golfer * Amy Archer-Gilligan, (1873–1962), American serial killer * Amy Beach (1867–1944), American composer and pianist * Amy Birnbaum (born 1975), American voice actress * Amy Bishop (born 1965), American professor and mass shooter * Amy Braverman, American statistician * Amy Brenneman (born 1964), American actress * Amy Bruckner (born 1991), American actress and singer * Amy Callaghan (born 1992), British politician * Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), British missionary to India * Amy Castle (born 1990), American actress and internet personality * Amy Cimorelli (born 1995), American singer * Amy Carter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor Kerr
Conor Kerr is a Canadian writer from Edmonton, Alberta."Edmonton author Conor Kerr wins 2022 ReLit Award for debut novel Avenue of Champions" CBC Books, May 20, 2022. His debut novel ''Avenue of Champions'', published in 2021, was the winner of the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2022,Dana Gee " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |