Governor_General's_Award_for_French_language_children's_literature

Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature

Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature

Canadian literary award

The Governor General's Award for French-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in French. 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 the four children's literature 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 a French-language children's book every year from 1975.[1][2]

Canada Council Children's Literature Prize

In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the French-language writing prize was awarded every year from 1975.[1]

  • 1975: Louise Aylwin, Raminagradu: Histoires ordinaires pour enfants extraordinaire
  • 1976: Bernadette Renaud, Emilie, la baignoire à pattes
  • 1977: Denise Houle, Lune de neige
  • 1978: Ginette Anfousse, La chicane
  • 1979: Gabrielle Roy, Courte-Queue, ill. François Olivier;
English translation, Cliptail (McClelland & Stewart, 1980, OCLC 13443940)
  • 1980: Bertrand Gauthier [fr], Hébert Luée
  • 1981: Suzanne Martel, Nos amis robots;
English translation, Robot Alert (Kids Can Press, 1982, OCLC 671722736)
  • 1982: Ginette Anfousse, Fabien 1: Un loup pour Rose and Fabien 2: Une nuit au pays des malices
  • 1983: Denis Côté [fr], Hockeyeurs Cybernétiques
  • 1984: Daniel Sernine, Le cercle violet
  • 1985: Robert Soulières [fr], Casse-tête chinois
  • 1986: Raymond Plante [fr], Le derneir des raisins

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References

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