Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration
The Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.
In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but the four children's literature awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized illustration in a French-language children's book every year from 1977.[1][2]
Canada Council Children's Literature Prize
In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the French-language illustration prize was awarded every year from 1977.[1]
- 1977: Claude Lafortune, L'évangile en papier, written by Henriette Major
- 1978: Ginette Anfousse, La varicelle
- 1979: Roger Paré, Une fenêtre dans ma tête, by Raymond Plante
- 1980: Miyuki Tanobi, Les gens de mon pays, by Gilles Vigneault
- 1981: Joanne Ouellet, Les Papinacois, by Michel Noël
- 1982: Darcia Labrosse, Agnès et le singulier bestiare, by Marie José Thériault
- 1983: Philippe Béha, Petit ours (Grand-maman, Où est ma tétine?, Mon bébé-soeur, Quand ça va mal), by Sylvie Assathiany and Louise Pelletier
- 1984: Marie-Louise Gay, Drôle d'école (Rond comme ton visage, Blanc comme neige, Petit et grand, Un Léopard dans mon placard)
- 1985: Roger Paré, L'alphabet
- 1986: Stéphane Poulin, Album de famille and As-tu vu Joséphine?
1980s
- 1987: Darcia Labrosse, Venir au monde
- 1988: Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots
- 1989: Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga des oreillers
1990s
- 1990: Pierre Pratt, Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri
- 1991: Sheldon Cohen, Un champion
- 1992: Gilles Tibo, Simon et la ville de carton
- 1993: Stéphane Jorisch, Le Monde selon Jean de ...
- 1994: Pierre Pratt, Mon chien est un éléphant
- 1995: Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
- 1996: (none)
- 1997: Stéphane Poulin, Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée
- 1998: Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois
- 1999: Stéphane Jorish, Charlotte et l'île du destin
2000s
- 2000: Anne Villeneuve, L'Écharpe rouge
- 2001: Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants
- 2002: Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur
- 2003: Virginie Egger, Recette d’éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu
- 2004: Janice Nadeau, Nul poisson où aller
- 2005: Isabelle Arsenault, Le cœur de monsieur Gauguin
- 2006: Rogé, Le gros monstre qui aimait trop lire
- 2007: Geneviève Côté, La petite rapporteuse de mots
- 2008: Janice Nadeau, Ma meilleure amie
- 2009: Hervé Bouchard, Harvey
2010s
- 2010: Daniel Sylvestre, Rose : derrière le rideau de la folie
- 2011: Caroline Merola, Lili et les poilus
- 2012: Élise Gravel, La clé à molette
- 2013: Isabelle Arsenault, Jane, le renard et moi
- 2014: Marianne Dubuc, Le lion et l’oiseau
- 2015: André Marois and Patrick Doyon, Le voleur de sandwichs
- 2016: Stéphanie Lapointe and Rogé, Grand-père et la lune
See also
- Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration
- Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature
References
- 1 2 "Canada Council Children's Literature in French Awards". online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- ↑ "Governor General's Literary Awards" [table of winners]. online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-07.