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2024 Governor General's Awards ...
The shortlisted nominees for the 2024 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 8, 2024, and the winners were announced on November 13.Cassandra Drudi"Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners" ''Quill & Quire'', November 13, 2024. English French References External linksGovernor General's Awards {{GovernorGeneralsAwards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction; he created the Governor General's Literary Award with two award categories. Successive governors general have followed suit, establishing an award for whichever endeavour they personally found important. Only Adrienne Clarkson created three Governor General's Awards: the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Governor General's Northern Medal, and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950). Governor General's Literary Awards Inaugurated in 1937 for 1936 publications in two categories, the Governor General's Literary Awards have become one of Canada's most prestigiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandi Bird
Brandi Bird is a Saulteaux, Cree and Métis poet from Canada, most noted for their 2023 collection ''The All + Flesh''."The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird" , August 16, 2023. The book was the winner of the 2024 Indigenous Voices Award for English poetry, and was shortlisted for the and the Raymond Souster Award [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherie Dimaline
Cherie Dimaline () is a writer and a member of the Georgian Bay Métis Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario. She is most notable for her 2017 young adult novel '' The Marrow Thieves'', which explores the continued colonial exploitation of Indigenous peoples. Dimaline won the award for Fiction Book of the Year at the Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival for her first novel, ''Red Rooms''. She has since published the short story "Seven Gifts for Cedar", the novel ''The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy'', and the short story collection ''A Gentle Habit''. She was the 2019 editor of ''Little Bird Stories (Volume IX)'', published by Invisible Publishing and featuring winners of the annual Little Bird Writing Contest run by the Sarah Selecky Writing School. She was the founding editor of '' Muskrat Magazine'', was named the Emerging Artist of the Year at the Ontario Premier's Awards for Excellence in Arts in 2014, and became the first Indigenous writer-in-residence for the Toronto Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Charmaine Anne
Li, li, or LI may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Landscape Institute, a British professional body for landscape architects * Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization located in Arlington, Virginia, US, that teaches "political technology." * Li Auto (Nasdaq: LI), a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles * Liberal International, a political federation for liberal parties * Linux International, an international non-profit organization * Lyndon Institute, an independent high school in the U.S. state of Vermont * The Light Infantry, a British Army infantry regiment Names * Li (surname), including: ** List of people with surname Li ** Li (surname 李), one of the most common surnames in the world ** Li (surname 黎), the 84th most common surname in China ** Li (surname 栗), the 249th most common surname in China ** Li (surname 利), the 299th most common surname in China ** Li (surname 厉), a Chinese surname ** Li (surname 郦), a Chinese surname * Li Andersson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award For English-language Children's Literature
The Governor General's Award for English-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council. In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but there was a single award for "Juvenile" literature from 1949 to 1958, and the four present-day "Children's" awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized writing in an English-language children's book every year from 1975. Juvenile fiction The oldest of now-14 annual Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were inaugurated in 1936. One award for a "juvenile" book wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Mala Sinha
Pamela Mala Sinha is a Canadian actress and playwright. She is most noted for her 2012 one-woman show ''Crash'', for which she won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre). She was previously nominated as an actress in 2011 for her performance in Anusree Roy's ''Brothel #9''. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she wrote ''Crash'' based on her own experience having been sexually assaulted while attending theatre school in Montreal.Randall King"Bring it on home: Winnipeg-born playwright finally finds her Happy Place, thanks to the PTE" ''Winnipeg Free Press'', November 7, 2018. She is currently based in Toronto, Ontario. Sinha's second theatrical play, ''Happy Place'', premiered at the Soulpepper Theatre Company in 2015. It was subsequently adapted by Helen Shaver for the 2020 film '' Happy Place'', for which Sinha wrote the screenplay and performs the role of Rosemary.Lauren Malyk"Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishka Lavigne
Mishka Lavigne is a Canadian playwright. She is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language drama, for ''Havre'' at the 2019 Governor General's AwardsValérie Lessard"Mishka Lavigne remporte le Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général en théâtre" Ici Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau, October 29, 2019. and for ''Copeaux'' at the 2021 Governor General's Awards. A graduate of the University of Ottawa, she was the first writer based outside of Quebec to win a GG in the drama category since Emma Haché in 2004. She was one of the winners, alongside Christophe Bernard, of the Prix Québec-Ontario from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2017 for her first published play, ''Cinéma''.François Bergeron"Claude Guilmain, Mishka Lavigne et Christophe Bernard primés" ''L'Express'', November 30, 2017. Her English-language play ''Shorelines'' was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2024 Governor General's Awards.Cassandra Dru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Chafe
Robert Chafe (born 1971) ''Waterfront Views: Contemporary Writing of Atlantic Canada''. is a Canadians, Canadian playwright and actor based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's. He is the author of seventeen stage scripts and co-author of another eight. His play ''Afterimage'' won the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. He was previously nominated for the same award at the 2004 Governor General's Awards for his plays ''Butler's Marsh'' and ''Tempting Providence''. His other plays have included ''Place of First Light'' (cowritten with Sean Panting),Robert Chafe at the Playwrights Guild of Canada. ''Charismatic Death Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Jones (filmmaker)
Scott Jones is a Canadian writer and filmmaker. He is most noted for his theatrical play ''I Forgive You'', a collaboration with Robert Chafe which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2024 Governor General's Awards. Background On October 12, 2013, Jones, a gay resident of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, was stabbed by a knife-wielding man after leaving the Acro Lounge."Scott Jones said he was attacked for being gay" , December 11, 2013. The attack left Jones . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makram Ayache
Makram Ayache is a Canadian playwright and actor, whose play ''The Green Line'' was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2024 Governor General's Awards. Born in Lebanon and raised in rural Alberta, he is a graduate of the University of Alberta, and currently divides his time between Edmonton and Toronto."Makram Ayache" Asian Heritage in Canada. His first play, ''Harun'', was staged at the Sage Theatre's Ignite! festival in in 2017. It was subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleigh Crow
Caleigh Crow is a Métis playwright and actress from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is most noted for her play ''There Is Violence and There Is Righteous Violence and There Is Death, or the Born-Again Crow'', which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2024 Governor General's Awards. Cofounder of Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre with her brother Colin Wolf, she has had both acting and directing credits in the Calgary theatre scene.Amy Tucker, "Feeling limited by appearance-based casting, Métis siblings create their own company". ''Toronto Star'', February 24, 2019. ''There Is Violence'' was first staged at Calgary's Arts Commons in 2019, and was staged in several other cities before being published by Playwrights Canada Press in fall 2023. Her other plays have included ''Hexen'' and ''The Big McCoy''. In addition to her Governor General's Award win, ''There Is Violence'' was shortlisted for the Indigenous Voices Awards in the English prose category in 2024, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General's Award For English-language Drama
The Governor General's Award for English-language drama honours excellence in Canadian English-language playwriting. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama was divided. Because the award is presented for plays published in print, a play's eligibility for the award can sometimes be several years later than its eligibility for awards, such as the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play or the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award, which are based on the theatrical staging."Plays at the G-Gs: better late than never". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 22, 2005. Titles which compile several works by the playwright into a single volume may also be nominated for or win the award. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple winners and nominees 2 Wins * Catherine Banks * John Mighton * Colleen Murphy * Morris Panych * Sharon Pollock * Jordan Tannahill * Judith Thompson * George F. Walke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
