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The Governor General's Award for Fiction

2003
Elle
Elle
Douglas Glover

 

 

The Governor General's Literary Award is perhaps Canada's most prestigious literary award. Independent juries are appointed by the Canada Council for the Arts, and meet separately to judge eligible books. Seven books are chosen in both English and French languages. The awards are presented by the Governor General of Canada and the Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. The winners receive $15,000.

The winner of the 2003 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (English language) is Douglas Glover for his ninth book, Elle.



Current Winners Past Winners

Clara Callan2002
A Song for Nettie Johnson
Gloria Sawai


 

Clara Callan2001
Clara Callan
Richard B. Wright

Elizabeth and After1999
Elizabeth and After
Matt Cohen

 

Anil's Ghost2000
Anil's Ghost
Michael Ondaatje

 1998 - Forms of Devotion, Diane Schoemperlen
1997 - The Underpainter Jane Urquhart
1996 - The Englishman's Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe
1995 - The Roaring Girl: Stories Greg Hollingshead
1994 - A Discovery of Strangers Rudy Wiebe
1993 - The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
1992 - The English Patient Michael Ondaatje
1991 - Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
1990 - Lives of Saints Nino Ricci
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