The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the winners of the 2010 Governor General’s Literary Awards, each of whom receives $25,000. The winners, in both English and French, are:

Fiction:

• Dianne Warren, Cool Water (HarperCollins Canada)
• Kim Thúy, Ru (Éditions Libre Expression)

Non-fiction:

• Allan Casey, Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada (Greystone Books)
• Michel Lavoie, C’est ma seigneurie que je réclame: la lutte des Hurons de Lorette pour la seigneurie de Sillery, 1650-1900 (Les Éditions du Boréal)

Poetry:

• Richard Greene, Boxing the Compass (Véhicule Press)
• Danielle Fournier, effleurés de lumière (L’Hexagone)

Drama:

• Robert Chafe, Afterimage (Playwrights Canada Press)
• David Paquet, Porc-épic (Dramaturges Éditeurs)

Children’s Literature (Text):

• Wendy Phillips, Fishtailing (Coteau Books)
• Élise Turcotte, Rose: derrière le rideau de la folie (Les éditions de la courte échelle)

Children’s Literature (Illustration):

• Jon Klassen (text by Caroline Stutson), Cats’ Night Out (Simon & Schuster)
• Daniel Sylvestre, Rose: derrière le rideau de la folie (Les éditions de la courte échelle)

Translation:

• Linda Gaboriau, Forests (Playwrights Canada Press), an English translation of Forêts by Wajdi Mouawad (Leméac Éditeur)
• Sophie Voillot, Le cafard (Éditions Alto), a French translation of Cockroach by Rawi Hage (House of Anansi Press)