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English-language winner for Drama
David Yee, carried away on the crest of a wave
Toronto
Book Details
Published by Playwrights Canada Press
Jury Statement
David Yee's carried away on the crest of a wave is a play to make the stars sing. Full of indelible imagery and fresh, powerful language, it gives a human face to an almost unimaginably huge catastrophe and leaves us with a boundless sense of hope. To read it is to be moved.
Jury Members: Leanna Brodie, Michael A. Miller, Bernardine Stapleton
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French-language winner for Drama
Fabien Cloutier, Pour réussir un poulet
Longueuil, Que.
Book Details
Published by Les Éditions de L'instant même and Dramaturges Éditeurs
Jury Statement
In gritty, rhythmic language, Fabien Cloutier presents the kind of working class characters who aren’t often given a chance to speak in the theatre, and he does so with audacity and without condescension. Pour réussir un poulet is a raw and cruel portrait of the exploitation of human misery. You won’t come away from this play unscathed.
Jury Members: Jasmine Dubé, Mélanie Léger, Ally Ntumba Beya
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Governor General’s Literary Awards
The Canada Council for the Arts funds, administers and promotes the Governor General’s Literary Awards, Canada's oldest and most prestigious literary awards program with a total value of $450,000. Each winner will receive $25,000. The publisher of each winning book will receive $3,000 to support promotional activities. Non-winning finalists each receive $1,000.
Awards presentation at Rideau Hall
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2015 GG Literary Awards on Wednesday, December 2 at 6 pm at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa. Media representatives wishing to cover the awards presentation should contact Marie-Ève Létourneau at the Rideau Hall Press Office, at 613-998-0287 or marie-eve.letourneau@gg.ca.
Photo: David Yee. ©2013 Cylla von Tiedemann
2015-10-28
Ottawa: Canada Council for the Arts announces the winners of the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Awards