2006 Governor General’s Literary Awards announced

Date: November 23, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments

This year’s winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards have been announced. The annual prize, awarded in altogether seven categories in both French and English, is one of Canada’s most prestigious literary prizes.

This year, the fiction awards go to Peter Behrens and Andrée Laberge (fiction), John Pass and Hélène Dorion (poetry), and Daniel MacIvor and Évelyne de la Chenelière (drama). For more information about the individual works, see below.


'The Law of Dreams' book coverThe Law of Dreams
by Peter Behrens

The Law of Dreams tells the story of a young man’s epic passage from innocence to experience during The Great Famine in Ireland of 1847. On his odyssey through Ireland and Britain, and across the Atlantic to “the Boston states,” Fergus is initiated to violence, sexual heat, and the glories and dangers of the industrial revolution. Along the way, he meets an unforgettable generation of boy soldiers, brigands, street toughs and charming, willful girls – all struggling for survival in the aftermath of natural catastrophe magnified by political callousness and brutal neglect. …

You can read more about The Law of Dreams at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk


La rivière du loup
by Andrée Laberge

Unfortunately, no description is available for this work.


Stumbling in the Bloom
by John Pass

Unfortunately, no description is available for this work.

You can read more about Stumbling in the Bloom at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk


'Ravir : les lieux' book coverRavir : les lieux
by Hélène Dorion

Unfortunately, no description is available for this work.

You can read more about Ravir : les lieux at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk


I Still Love You
by Daniel MacIvor

Five plays by Daniel MacIvor in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of da da kamera.

You can read more about I Still Love You at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk


Désordre public
by Évelyne de la Chenelière

Unfortunately, no description is available for this work.




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