Awards

 

Here are the most recent winners of the top awards in literature.

 

 

 

The Giller Prize

 

The Giller prize awards $25,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. The Giller prize is named in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller and was founded in 1994 by her husband, Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch.

 

For more information, visit the Giller Prize website
http://www.thegillerprize.ca.

 

 

 

 

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The Governor General's Literary Awards

 

The Governor General's Literary Awards are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in each of the seven categories of Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, Children's Literature (text), Children's Literature (illustration) and Translation (from French to English).

 

For more information, visit the Governor General's Literary Awards site:

http://ggbooks.canadacouncil.ca/

 

Listed below are the English fiction winners and nominees.

 

 

 

 

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The Nobel Prize in Literature

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature has recognized the whole spectrum of literary works including poetry, novels, short stories, plays, essays and speeches. Starting off with the first prize in 1901 to the poet and philosopher Sully Prudhomme, author of Stances et Poèmes (1865), the Prize has distinguished the works of authors from different languages and cultural backgrounds. It has been awarded to unknown masters as well as authors acclaimed worldwide.

 

For more information, visit the Nobel Prize website

http://www.nobelprize.org

 

2012 - Mo Yan

2011 - Tomas Tranströmer

2010 - Mario Vargas Llosa

 

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The Pulitzer Prize

 

The Pulitzer Prize, established through a bequest in Joseph Pulitzer’s will in 1904, is designed as an incentive to encourage excellence in writing.

 

Originally, Pulitzer specified four awards, however the number of awards has increased over the years and currently 21 awards are presented in categories such as fiction, poetry, music, and photography, in addition to the original journalistic awards.

 

Recent winners of the major book categories (Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography or Autobiography, History) are listed below.

 

For more information, visit the Pulitzer Prize website

http://www.pulitzer.org

 

 

Fiction

 

 

 

General Nonfiction

 

 

 

Biography or Autobiography

 

 

 

History

 

  • 2013 Winner
    Fredrik Logevall – Embers of War

    Finalists
    Bernard Bailyn – The Barbarous Years
    John Fabian Witt – Lincoln's Code (not available)

  • 2012 Winner
    Manning Marable – Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

    Finalists
    Anne F. Hyde – Empires, Nations & Families (not available)
    Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan – The Eleventh Day
    Richard White – Railroaded

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  • 2011 Winner
    Eric Foner – The Fiery Trial

    Finalists
    Stephanie McCurry – Confederate Reckoning (not available)
    Michael Rawson – Eden on the Charles (not available)

 

 

 

 

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