Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature
The Governor General's Award for French-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in French. 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 the four children's literature 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 a French-language children's book every year from 1975.[1][2]
Canada Council Children's Literature Prize
In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the French-language writing prize was awarded every year from 1975.[1]
- 1975: Louise Aylwin, Raminagradu: Histoires ordinaires pour enfants extraordinaire
- 1976: Bernadette Renaud, Emilie, la baignoire à pattes
- 1977: Denise Houle, Lune de neige
- 1978: Ginette Anfousse, La chicane
- 1979: Gabrielle Roy, Courte-Queue, ill. François Olivier;
- English translation, Cliptail (McClelland & Stewart, 1980, OCLC 13443940)
- 1980: Bertrand Gauthier, Hébert Luée
- 1981: Suzanne Martel, Nos amis robots;
- English translation, Robot Alert (Kids Can Press, 1982, OCLC 671722736)
- 1982: Ginette Anfousse, Fabien 1: Un loup pour Rose and Fabien 2: Une nuit au pays des malices
- 1983: Denis Côté, Hockeyeurs Cybernétiques
- 1984: Daniel Sernine, Le cercle violet
- 1985: Robert Soulières, Casse-tête chinois
- 1986: Raymond Plante, Le derneir des raisins
1980s
- 1987: David Schinkel and Yves Beauchesne, Le Don
- 1988: Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais
- 1989: Charles Montpetit, Temps mort
1990s
- 1990: Christiane Duchesne, La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic
- 1991: François Gravel, Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine
- 1992: Christiane Duchesne, Victor
- 1993: Michèle Marineau, La Route de Chlifa
- 1994: Suzanne Martel, Une belle journée pour mourir
- 1995: Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin
- 1996: Gilles Tibo, Noémie: Le Secret de Madame Lumbago
- 1997: Michel Noël, Pien
- 1998: Angèle Delaunois, Variations sur un même «t'aime»
- 1999: Charlotte Gingras, La Liberté? Connais pas...
2000s
- 2000: Charlotte Gingras, Un été de Jade
- 2001: Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines
- 2002: Hélène Vachon, L'oiseau de passage
- 2003: Danielle Simard, J’ai vendu ma sœur
- 2004: Nicole Leroux, L'Hiver de Léo Polatouche
- 2005: Camille Bouchard, Le Ricanement des hyènes
- 2006: Dany Laferrière, Je suis fou de Vava
- 2007: François Barcelo, La fatigante et le fainéant
- 2008: Sylvie Desrosiers, Les trois lieues
- 2009: Janice Nadeau, Harvey
2010s
- 2010: Élise Turcotte, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie
- 2011: Martin Fournier, Les aventures de Radisson - 1. L’enfer ne brûle pas
- 2012: Aline Apostolska, Un été d’amour et de cendres
- 2013: Geneviève Mativat, À l'ombre de la grande maison
- 2014: Linda Amyot, Le jardin d’Amsterdam
- 2015: Louis-Philippe Hébert, Marie Réparatrice
- 2016: François Gilbert, Hare Krishna
See also
- Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration
References
- ^ a b "Canada Council Children's Literature in French Awards". online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- ^ "Governor General's Literary Awards" [table of winners]. online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-07.
