The shortlisted nominees for the 2020 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on May 4, 2021,[1] and the winners were announced on June 1.[2] Ordinarily the award shortlists and winners would have been named in fall 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Michelle Good, Five Little Indians |
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Non-fiction | Madhur Anand, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart |
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Poetry | Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy |
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Drama | Kim Senklip Harvey, Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story |
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Children's literature | Eric Walters, The King of Jam Sandwiches |
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Children's illustration | The Fan Brothers, The Barnabus Project |
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French to English translation | Lazer Lederhendler, If You Hear Me (Pascale Quiviger, Si tu m'entends) |
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Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Sophie Létourneau, Chasse à l'homme |
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Non-fiction | Frédérique Bernier, Hantises |
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Poetry | Martine Audet, La Société des cendres |
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Drama | Martin Bellemare, Cœur minéral |
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Children's literature | François Blais, Lac Adélard |
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Children's illustration | Katia Canciani and Guillaume Perreault, Pet et Répète: La véritable histoire |
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English to French translation | Georgette LeBlanc, Océan (Susan Goyette, Ocean) |
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