Awards

 

Here are the most recent winners of the top awards in literature.

 

 

 

The Giller Prize

 

The Giller prize awards $25,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. The Giller prize is named in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller and was founded in 1994 by her husband, Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch.

 

For more information, visit the Giller Prize website
http://www.thegillerprize.ca.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to top

 

 

The Governor General's Literary Awards

 

The Governor General's Literary Awards are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in each of the seven categories of Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, Children's Literature (text), Children's Literature (illustration) and Translation (from French to English).

 

For more information, visit the Governor General's Literary Awards site

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla/default.asp

 

Listed below are the Fiction winners and nominees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to top

 

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature has recognized the whole spectrum of literary works including poetry, novels, short stories, plays, essays and speeches. Starting off with the first prize in 1901 to the poet and philosopher Sully Prudhomme, author of Stances et Poèmes (1865), the Prize has distinguished the works of authors from different languages and cultural backgrounds. It has been awarded to unknown masters as well as authors acclaimed worldwide.

 

For more information, visit the Nobel Prize website

http://www.nobelprize.org

 

2010 - Mario Vargas Llosa

2009 - Herta Müller

2008 - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

2007 - Doris Lessing
2006 - Orhan Pamuk

 

Back to top

 

 

The Pulitzer Prize - Fiction

 

The Pulitzer Prize, established through a bequest in Joseph Pulitzer’s will in 1904, is designed as an incentive to encourage excellence in writing.

 

Originally, Pulitzer specified four awards, however the number of awards has increased over the years and currently 21 awards are presented in categories such as fiction, poetry, music, and photography, in addition to the original journalistic awards. The book award category for fiction recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life.

 

For more information, visit the Pulitzer Prize website

http://www.pulitzer.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to top