Awards & Winners

2009 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 2009 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 2009 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

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

Caroline Pignat

Honored for : Greener Grass: The Famine Years
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry

David Zieroth

Honored for : The Fly in Autumn
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

M. G. Vassanji

Honored for : A Place Within: Rediscovering India
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Kate Pullinger

Honored for : The Mistress of Nothing

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alice Munro Too Much Happiness
Annabel Lyon The Golden Mean
Deborah Willis Vanishing and Other Stories
Kate Pullinger The Mistress of Nothing
Michael Crummey Galore
Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration

Jirina Marton

Honored for : Bella's Tree
Governor General's Award for English-language drama

Kevin Loring

Honored for : Where The Blood Mixes