2012 Governor General's Awards

{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}

The shortlisted nominees for the 2012 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 11, and the winners were announced on November 13.

English

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!width=30%|Winner

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align="center"| Fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} Linda Spalding, The Purchase

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align="center"| Non-fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} Ross King, Leonardo and the Last Supper

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  • Nahlah Ayed, A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring
  • Carol Bishop-Gwyn, The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
  • Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
  • Noah Richler, What We Talk About When We Talk About War
align="center"| Poetry

|{{blue ribbon}} Julie Bruck, Monkey Ranch

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align="center"| Drama

|{{blue ribbon}} Catherine Banks, It Is Solved By Walking

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align="center"| Children's literature

|{{blue ribbon}} Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen

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align="center"| Children's illustration

|{{blue ribbon}} Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf

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align="center"| French to English translation

|{{blue ribbon}} Nigel Spencer, Mai at the Predator's Ball (Marie-Claire Blais, Mai au bal des prédateurs)

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French

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!width=15%|Category

!width=30%|Winner

!width=55%|Nominated

align="center"| Fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} France Daigle, Pour sûr

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align="center"| Non-fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} Normand Chaurette, Comment tuer Shakespeare

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  • Pierre Nepveu, Gaston Miron : La vie d'un homme
  • Pascal Riendeau, Méditation et vision de l'essai : Roland Barthes, Milan Kundera et Jacques Brault
  • Yannick Roy, La révélation inachevée : le personnage à l'épreuve de la vérité romanesque
align="center"| Poetry

|{{blue ribbon}} Maude Smith Gagnon, Un drap. Une place.

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align="center"| Drama

|{{blue ribbon}} Geneviève Billette, Contre le temps

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align="center"| Children's literature

|{{blue ribbon}} Aline Apostolska, Un été d'amour et de cendres

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  • Biz, La chute de Sparte (withdrawn from competition)[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/1266260--governor-general-s-literary-award-nod-snubbed-by-quebec-author "Governor General’s Literary Award nod snubbed by Quebec author"]. Toronto Star, October 3, 2012.
  • Louise Bombardier, Quand j'étais chien
  • Camille Bouchard, Le coup de la giraffe
  • François Gravel,
align="center"| Children's illustration

|{{blue ribbon}} Élise Gravel, La clé à molette

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align="center"| English to French translation

|{{blue ribbon}} Alain Roy, Glenn Gould (Mark Kingwell)

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References

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