| Scotiabank Giller Prize | |
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| Awarded for | English-language Canadian fiction |
| Presented by | Scotiabank and Jack Rabinovitch |
| Country | Canada |
| First awarded | 1994 |
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The Scotiabank Giller Prize is an award that goes to the author of a Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English (including translation) deemed by a jury to be the best published in the previous year.
This prize was established as the Giller Prize in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star. The prize is awarded in November of each year, along with a cash reward (then CAN$25,000).
On September 22, 2005, the Giller Prize established an endorsement deal with Scotiabank, a major Canadian bank. The total prize package for the award was increased to $50,000, with $40,000 presented to the winning author and $2,500 each for the other four shortlisted nominees. The award's official name was also changed at that time to the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
In 2006, the prize instituted a longlist for the first time, comprising no fewer than 10 and no more than 15 titles. In 2008, the prize fund was increased to $50,000 for the winning author and $5,000 for each of the authors on the shortlist.
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Controversy
Following Vincent Lam's win of the Giller Prize in 2006, Geist columnist Stephen Henighan criticized the Giller Prize for its apparent dependency for its shortlists and winners on books published by Bertelsmann AG-affiliated Canadian publishing house, all of which are based in Toronto. Arguing that the trend towards centralization of Canadian publishing in Toronto has led to a monopolistic control of the Giller Prize by Bertelsmann and its authors, Henighan wrote, "Year after year the vast majority of the books shortlisted for the Giller came from the triumvirate of publishers owned by the Bertelsmann Group: Knopf Canada, Doubleday Canada and Random House Canada. Like the three musketeers, this trio is in fact a quartet: Bertelsmann also owns 25 percent of McClelland & Stewart, and now manages M&S’s marketing."[1] Henighan added that all of the Giller Prize winners from 1994 to 2004, with the exception of Mordecai Richler, lived within a two-hour drive of downtown Toronto.
The article raised debate within the media and in the wider public over the credibility of the Giller Prize.[2][3][4][5]
Nominees and winners
1994
Juried by Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, and David Staines.
- M.G. Vassanji, The Book of Secrets
- Bonnie Burnard, Casino and Other Stories
- Eliza Clark, What You Need
- Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy
- Steve Weiner, The Museum of Love
1995
Juried by Mordecai Richler, David Staines, and Jane Urquhart.
- Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
- Timothy Findley, The Piano Man's Daughter
- Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman
- Leo McKay, Jr., Like This
- Richard B. Wright, The Age of Longing
1996
Juried by Bonnie Burnard, Carol Shields, and David Staines.
- Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz, The Cure for Death by Lightning
- Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
- Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
- Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy
1997
Juried by Bonnie Burnard, Mavis Gallant, and Peter Gzowski.
- Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version
- Michael Helm, The Projectionist
- Shani Mootoo, Cereus Blooms at Night
- Nino Ricci, Where She Has Gone
- Carol Shields, Larry's Party
1998
Juried by Margaret Atwood, Guy Vanderhaeghe, and Peter Gzowski.
- Alice Munro, The Love of a Good Woman
- André Alexis, Childhood
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz, A Recipe for Bees
- Barbara Gowdy, The White Bone
- Greg Hollingshead, The Healer
- Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
1999
Juried by Alberto Manguel, Judith Mappin, and Nino Ricci.
- Bonnie Burnard, A Good House
- Timothy Findley, Pilgrim
- Anne Hébert, Am I Disturbing You?
- Nancy Huston, The Mark of the Angel
- David Macfarlane, Summer Gone
2000
In 2000, the award was presented to two writers and juried by Margaret Atwood, Alistair MacLeod, and Jane Urquhart. This is the only time the Giller has ever resulted in a tie, and Rabinovitch has advised subsequent Giller juries that they must choose a single winner.
- Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost
- David Adams Richards, Mercy Among the Children
- Alan Cumyn, Burridge Unbound
- Elizabeth Hay, A Student of Weather
- Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
- Fred Stenson, The Trade
2001
Juried by David Adams Richards, Joan Clark, and Robert Fulford.
- Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan
- Sandra Birdsell, The Russlander
- Michael Crummey, River Thieves
- Michael Redhill, Martin Sloane
- Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park
- Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers
2002
Juried by Barbara Gowdy, Thomas King, and W. H. New.
- Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe
- Bill Gaston, Mount Appetite
- Wayne Johnston, The Navigator of New York
- Lisa Moore, Open
- Carol Shields, Unless
2003
M. G. Vassanji, who won the first Giller Prize in 1994, became the first repeat winner in 2003. The award was juried by Rosalie Abella, David Staines, and Rudy Wiebe.
- M.G. Vassanji, The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
- Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
- John Bemrose, The Island Walkers
- John Gould, Kilter: 55 Fictions
- Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies
2004
Juried by M. G. Vassanji, Alistair MacLeod, and Charlotte Gray.
- Alice Munro, Runaway
- Shauna Singh Baldwin, The Tiger Claw
- Wayson Choy, All That Matters
- Pauline Holdstock, Beyond Measure
- Paul Quarrington, Galveston
- Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness
2005
Juried by Warren Cariou, Elizabeth Hay, and Richard B. Wright.
- David Bergen, The Time in Between
- Joan Barfoot, Luck
- Camilla Gibb, Sweetness in the Belly
- Lisa Moore, Alligator
- Edeet Ravel, A Wall of Light
2006
Juried by Adrienne Clarkson, Alice Munro, and Michael Winter.
- Vincent Lam, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
- Rawi Hage, De Niro's Game
- Pascale Quiviger, The Perfect Circle (translation by Sheila Fischman)
- Gaétan Soucy, The Immaculate Conception (translation by Lazer Lederhendler)
- Carol Windley, Home Schooling
Longlist nominees
In 2006, the Giller Prize publicized its preliminary longlist for the first time.
- David Adams Richards, The Friends of Meager Fortune
- Caroline Adderson, Pleased to Meet You
- Todd Babiak, The Garneau Block
- Randy Boyagoda, Governor of the Northern Province
- Douglas Coupland, jPod
- Alan Cumyn, The Famished Lover
- Rawi Hage, De Niro's Game
- Kenneth J. Harvey, Inside
- Wayne Johnston, The Custodian of Paradise
- Vincent Lam, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
- Annette Lapointe, Stolen
- Pascale Quiviger, The Perfect Circle
- Gaétan Soucy, The Immaculate Conception
- Russell Wangersky, The Hour of Bad Decisions
- Carol Windley, Home Schooling
2007
Juried by David Bergen, Camilla Gibb, and Lorna Goodison.
- Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air
- Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero
- Daniel Poliquin, A Secret Between Us (trans. Donald Winkler)
- M. G. Vassanji, The Assassin's Song
- Alissa York, Effigy
Longlist nominees
- David Chariandy, Soucouyant
- Sharon English, Zero Gravity
- Barbara Gowdy, Helpless
- Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air
- Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
- Paulette Jiles, Stormy Weather
- D. R. MacDonald, Lauchlin of the Bad Heart
- Claire Mulligan, The Reckoning of Boston Jim
- Mary Novik, Conceit
- Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero
- Daniel Poliquin, A Secret Between Us (translated by Donald Winkler)
- M. G. Vassanji, The Assassin's Song
- Michael Winter, The Architects Are Here
- Richard B. Wright, October
- Alissa York, Effigy
2008
Juried by Margaret Atwood, Bob Rae, and Colm Toibin.
- Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce
- Anthony De Sa, Barnacle Love
- Marina Endicott, Good to a Fault
- Rawi Hage, Cockroach
- Mary Swan, The Boys in the Trees
Longlist nominees
- David Adams Richards, The Lost Highway
- David Bergen, The Retreat
- Joseph Boyden, Through Black Spruce
- Austin Clarke, More
- Anthony De Sa, Barnacle Love
- Emma Donoghue, The Sealed Letter
- Marina Endicott, Good to a Fault
- Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo
- Rawi Hage, Cockroach
- Kenneth J. Harvey, Blackstrap Hawco
- Patrick Lane, Red Dog, Red Dog
- Pasha Malla, The Withdrawal Method
- Paul Quarrington, The Ravine
- Nino Ricci, The Origin of Species
- Mary Swan, The Boys in the Trees
2009
To be juried by Russell Banks, Victoria Glendinning, and Alistair MacLeod.[6]
References
- ^ Stephen Henighan (2006). "Kingmakers". Geist. http://www.geist.com/opinion/kingmakers. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
- ^ Shinan Govani (2007-02-28). "An anti-Giller gadfly in Guelph". National Post. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/columnists/story.html?id=04acfd6b-8cd2-4e4d-9318-0efd8035aa1e. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
- ^ Bryony Lewicki (2007-01-23). "Secrets of the Canadian literary cabal". Quillblog. Quill & Quire. http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/23/canadian-literary-cabal/. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
- ^ Ron Nurwisah (2007-01-23). "Are The Gillers Rigged?". Torontoist.com. Gothamist. http://torontoist.com/2007/01/are_the_gillers.php. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
- ^ Nathan Whitlock (2007-01-22). "Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean Margaret Atwood isn't out to get me". http://nathanwhitlock.blogspot.com/2007/01/just-because-im-paranoid-doesnt-mean.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
- ^ http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/media.htm
External links
- The Scotiabank Giller Prize official site
- Most honored books of the Giller Prize shortlists
- Giller Prize at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- The Great Unknowns: CBC Arts Online analyzes the literary dash for the Giller cash
- Latest Odds to win 2008 Giller Prize
- Giller Prize lessons at The Vancouver Sun
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