2007 Governor General's Awards
{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
The 2007 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 16, winners announced November 27, and awards presented December 13. The prize for writers and illustrators was $25,000 and "a specially crafted copy of the winning book".
The $25,000 cash prize had been "increased from $15,000 in celebration of the Canada Council's 50th anniversary". The publishers of winning books continued to receive $3000, the creators of losing finalists $1000.
English
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
| align="center"| Fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero |
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Karolyn Smardz Frost, I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad |
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| align="center"| Poetry
|{{blue ribbon}} Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged |
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| align="center"| Drama
|{{blue ribbon}} Colleen Murphy, The December Man |
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| align="center"| Children's literature
|{{blue ribbon}} Iain Lawrence, Gemini Summer |
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
|{{blue ribbon}} Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun |
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| align="center"| French to English translation
|{{blue ribbon}} Nigel Spencer, Augustino and the Choir of Destruction (Marie-Claire Blais, Augustino et le chœur de la déstruction) |
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French
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
| align="center"| Fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Sylvain Trudel, La mer de la tranquillité |
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Annette Hayward, La querelle du régionalisme au Québec (1904-1931): Vers l'autonomisation de la littérature québécoise |
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| align="center"| Poetry
|{{blue ribbon}} Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Seul on est |
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| align="center"| Drama
|{{blue ribbon}} Daniel Danis, Le chant du Dire-Dire |
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| align="center"| Children's literature
|{{blue ribbon}} François Barcelo, La fatigante et le fainéant |
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
|{{blue ribbon}} Geneviève Côté, La petite rapporteuse de mots |
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| align="center"| English to French translation
|{{blue ribbon}} Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Dernières notes (Tamas Dobozy, Last Notes and Other Stories) |
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References
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20130529162121/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2007/uc128366060109425415.htm "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2007 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. News Releases – 2007. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 16, 2007. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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