Actress and playwright Nathalie Doummar received a nomination for the Governor General’s Literary Awards for her play “Mama,” which was a hit at Duceppe last year.
The announcement of his nomination was made by the Canada Council for the Arts, which announced the full list of finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards on Wednesday morning.
Among the competing authors, the multidisciplinary artist from Mashteuiatsh Soleil Launière was also able to attract the jury’s attention with her piece “Akuteu”, as were Martin Bellemare (“Charlie, wind behind the navel”), Rébecca Déraspe (“Les glaces”) and Mathieu Gosselin (“Big Guys”).
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The oceanographer and storyteller Boucar Diouf is represented with “Le Bourlingueur de Matungoua” in the “Children’s Literature – Illustrated Books” category, while the journalist Michel Jean continues to shine with “Kukum”, this time in the “Translation” category (from French to English ) appears. . His work was adapted by Susan Ouriou in Calgary.
The short story collection “Galumpf” by Marie Hélène Poitras was selected in the “Novels and Short Stories” category, as was “L’or des mélèzes” by Carole Labarre, “My son only came back for seven days” by David Clerson, “Sombre est the night” by Brigitte Haentjens and “A postcard from the sea” by Stéfani Meunier.
The quality of Philippe Bernier Arcand’s work for his essay “Faux Rebels: The Excesses of Political Incorrectness” was praised by the judges. The same goes for Frédéric Bérard (“I blame the torturers of Omar Khadr”), Dahlia Namian (“The Provocative Society”), Martine Béland (“Mégaptère”) and Francis Dupuis-Déri (“Panic at the University”) , which face him the category that rewards the attempts.
In total, the peer evaluation committees formed by the Arts Council selected 70 books in English and French published in Canada for the period 2022-2023.
The 14 winning books will be announced on November 8th on the LivresGG.ca website.
The winners will receive $25,000 in prize money. Publishers of winning books will receive a $3,000 advertising grant, while runners-up will receive $1,000 in prize money.