Awards & Winners

2008 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 2008 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 2008 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration

Stéphane Jorisch

Honored for : The Owl and the Pussycat
Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature

John Ibbitson

Honored for : The Landing
Governor General's Award for English-language drama

Catherine Banks

Honored for : Bone Cage
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Nino Ricci

Honored for : The Origin of Species

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Adams Richards The lost highway
Fred Stenson The Great Karoo
Nino Ricci The Origin of Species
Rawi Hage Cockroach
Rivka Galchen Atmospheric Disturbances
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry

Jacob Scheier

Honored for : More to Keep Us Warm
Governor General's Award for English to French translation

Louise Chabalier, Claire Chabalier

Honored for : Tracey en mille morceaux
Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration

Janice Nadeau

Honored for : Ma meilleure amie
Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature

Sylvie Desrosiers

Honored for : Les trois lieues
Governor General's Award for French-language drama

Jennifer Tremblay

Honored for : La liste
Governor General's Award for French-language poetry

Michel Pleau

Honored for : La lenteur du monde
Governor General's Award for French to English translation

Lazer Lederhendler

Honored for : Nikolski
Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction

Pierre Ouellet

Honored for : Hors-temps: poétique de la posthistoire
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction

Marie-Claire Blais

Honored for : Naissance de Rebecca à l\u2019ère des tourments
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Christie Blatchford

Honored for : Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army