The Governor Generals Literary Awards of Canada: A Bibliography

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Une bibliographie incontournable des Prix littraires du Gouverneur gnral du Canada

Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Antonine Maillet, Carol Shields, Marie-Claire Blais, Michael Ondaatje, Gilles Vigneault Les crivains canadiens sont depuis longtemps encenss sur la scne nationale comme lchelle mondiale, et les Prix du Gouverneur gnral jouent un rle cl dans la reconnaissance de certains de nos meilleurs auteurs, illustrateurs et traducteurs. La liste est impressionnante : ce prestigieux prix a rcompens 705 oeuvres entre 1936 et 2017.

Avec un souci minutieux au dtail, Andrew Irvine prsente lhistoire et lvolution des Prix et vante leurs vertus indispensables la carrire des crivains et des traducteurs ainsi que dans llaboration dune littrature nationale au Canada.

Cette bibliographie est la toute premire recension complte des Prix littraires du Gouverneur gnral et donne des renseignements dtaills au sujet des crmonies, des adaptations cinmatographiques, des membres des jurys ainsi que dautres informations cls. Le livre prsente aussi une copie exhaustive et exacte de donnes bibliographiques tires darchives, une premire dans le monde de ldition.

En somme, une rfrence incontournable.

Publi en anglais.

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This is an impressive work of scholarship, formidable in detail and unrivalled in its precise use of archival and other primary sources. It eclipses all prior attempts at describing the GGs and will not easily be surpassed; on the contrary, it will serve as the starting point for all subsequent work on this important award cherished by Canadians. -- Eli MacLaren

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Andrew David Irvine (Author)
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.

Edmond Rivre (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 l'ouest canadien, 1847-1891. Rivere's book is now available in English.