Canada's Storytellers Les Grands Écrivains Du Canada: The Gg Literary Award Laureates Les Lauréats Des Prix Littéraires Du Gg

Canada's Storytellers Les Grands Écrivains Du Canada: The Gg Literary Award Laureates Les Lauréats Des Prix Littéraires Du Gg

Andrew David Irvine (Editor), Edmond Rivère (Contribution by), Stephanie Tolman (Contribution by)
$114.68
Publication Date: March 24th, 2021
Publisher:
University of Ottawa Press
ISBN:
9780776628035
Pages:
678
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Description

For over three-quarters of a century, the Governor General's Literary Awards have been awarded annually in a variety of evolving categories. Fifteen Governors General have served as their patron. The impressive list continues to grow apace: between 1936 and 2018, the awards recognized 719 books in English and French and have been presented to 580 authors, illustrators, and translators.

This beautifully illustrated bilingual compendium presents the biographies of all 580 award laureates, many accompanied by stunning archival portraits.

This is the final instalment in Andrew Irvine's remarkable and comprehensive research into what has become a touchstone of Canada's literary culture. Together with Canada's Best and The Governor General's Literary Awards of Canada: A Bibliography, this work provides readers with a definitive overview of this literary prize.

By itself, Canada's Storytellers is an invaluable reading companion for anyone wanting to be introduced to many of our most influential authors, illustrators, and translators working in both French and English over the past decades. It belongs on the shelf of every enthusiast of Canadian literature.

Bilingual Edition.

About the Author

Edmond Rivère (Contributor) Edmond Rivere is an associate professor at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna. He was born in Provence, France - just a few kilometers away from the birthplace of Charles Pandosy. For many years a resident of Kelowna, Rivere became fascinated with the history of his fellow countryman. Originally published under the title: Jean-Charles Pandosy; De Marseille à l'ouest canadien, 1847-1891. Rivere's book is now available in English.Andrew David Irvine (Editor) Andrew Irvine received his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney for work in the Department of Traditional and Modern Philosophy on mathematical truth and scientific realism. Since then he has published and lectured on topics in the philosophy of mathematics, the history and philosophy of logic, and the philosophy of law. He is especially interested in the work of the twentieth-century philosopher, essayist and social critic, Bertrand Russell.He is co-author of the logic textbook Argument and author of the stage play Socrates on Trial. He has taught at UBC Vancouver, the University of Toronto and Simon Fraser University, and has been a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University. He serves on the boards of directors of several charitable organizations and is a past Vice-Chair of the UBC Board of Governors.