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Anuja Varghese, Hannah Green, Kyo Maclear among 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards winners

English-language winners of the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards.

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the 14 winners of the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards.

The winners were selected from finalists announced last month. Winners receive $25,000, and publishers of the winning titles each receive $3,000 to promote the book.

The winners were chosen by 14 peer assessment groups. This year’s winners are:

Fiction

Poetry

Drama

Nonfiction

Young People’s Literature – Text

Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books

Translation (from French to English)

  • Rosaʼs Very Own Personal Revolution, translated by Peter McCambridge (QC Fiction, Baraka Books)
    A translation of La logeuse by Éric Dupont

Winners in the French-language categories are listed on ggbooks.ca.