Posted: Jun 01, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: June 1
The winners of the 2020 Governor General s Literary Awards were announced on June 1, 2021. The books above won in the English-language categories.(CBC, Canada Council for the Arts) comments
Among the winners is Cree writer Michelle Good for her debut novel
Five Little Indians and renowned Canadian American poet Anne Carson for her original work
The Governor General s Literary Awards are among Canada s oldest and most prestigious prizes. The awards, worth $25,000 each, annually recognize the best published books in Canada.
The seven English-language winners are:
Fiction: Intimate and ambitious, Michelle Good s
Five Little Indians is a heart-breaking account of lives shaped and destroyed by the residential school system. Here is powerful testimony, expertly crafted and wisely observed, tragic yet full of redemptive moments. An unflinching, compassionate and moving novel about the struggle to live and love in
Noteworthy for its sensitivity, well-drawn characters, authentic plotting, and brisk pacing, Karen Tucker’s debut novel Bewilderness is a carefully crafted depiction of substance use disorders. Tucker writes, “Bodies are such fragile things," and the primary protagonists, Irene and Luce, reveal this truth, representing a slice of society often marginalized and victimized due
As its title would indicate, Soderbergh’s film, scripted by well-known American short-story writer Deborah Eisenberg, consists primarily of conversations and confrontations (or the avoidance of confrontations) between the various characters.
The face and voice of Tilda Swinton is a luminous appendage. So dazzling is the film and so scintillating its sole actor that you can never have enough of either.