Governor General's Awards

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Governor_General's_Awards

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Canadian literary award
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Canada_Council_for_the_Arts
gptkbp:awardCeremony	gptkb:Ottawa
gptkbp:awardedFor	literary merit
gptkbp:category	gptkb:children's_literature gptkb:poetry drama fiction non-fiction translator 14 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:eligibility	Canadian citizens and permanent residents
gptkbp:established	1936
gptkbp:firstAwarded	1937
gptkbp:frequency	annual
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Governor General's Awards
gptkbp:includesAward	gptkb:award gptkb:certification monetary prize
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French English
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:literature books
gptkbp:monetaryPrize	$25,000 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:notableFrenchWinners	gptkb:Dany_Laferrière gptkb:Marie-Claire_Blais gptkb:Nicole_Brossard gptkb:Yves_Beauchemin
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:Alice_Munro gptkb:Margaret_Atwood gptkb:Michael_Ondaatje gptkb:Robertson_Davies gptkb:Rohinton_Mistry gptkb:Leonard_Cohen gptkb:Gabrielle_Roy gptkb:Michel_Tremblay gptkb:Anne_Hébert
gptkbp:presentedBy	Governor General of Canada
gptkbp:relatedAward	gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_Translation gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_Poetry gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_English-language_fiction gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_Drama gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_French-language_fiction
gptkbp:selectionProcess	peer assessment committees
gptkbp:significance	one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Canada_Council_for_the_Arts
gptkbp:website	https://ggbooks.ca/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Room_(novel) gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_French-language_poetry_or_drama gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_French-language_poetry gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_Poetry gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_English-language_fiction_(posthumously,_1961) gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_English-language_fiction gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_in_Visual_and_Media_Arts gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_English-language_non-fiction gptkb:Governor_General's_Award_for_Fiction
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6