TORONTO — Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker Prize winner The Luminaries has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction.
The 28-year-old London, Ont. native — who now calls New Zealand home — will receive her $25,000 prize at a ceremony in Ottawa on Nov. 28.
The Luminaries is a murder mystery set during the 19th century gold rush.
The GG Literary Award judges called the novel an “exhilarating feat of literary design” and “master storytelling.”
Thirteen other winners, from Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, were announced Wednesday:
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Isabelle Arsenault of Montreal (children’s literature, illustration) for Jane, le renard & moi.
Nicolas Billon of Toronto (drama) for Fault Lines: Greenland — Iceland — Faroe Islands.
Fanny Britt of Montreal, (drama) for Bienveillance.
Sandra Djwa of Vancouver (non-fiction) for Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page.
Matt James of Toronto (children’s literature, illustration) for Northwest Passage.
René Lapierre of Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Que. (poetry) for Pour les désespérés seulement.
Geneviève Mativat of Laval, Que. (children’s literature, text) for À l’ombre de la grande maison.
Stéphanie Pelletier of Métis-sur-Mer, Que., (fiction) for Quand les guêpes se taisent.
Yvon Rivard of Montreal (non-fiction) for Aimer, enseigner.
Teresa Toten of Toronto (children’s literature, text) for The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B.
Katherena Vermette of Winnipeg (poetry) for North End Love Songs.
Sophie Voillot of Montreal, (French translation) for Far to Go.
Donald Winkler of Montreal, (English translation) for The Major Verbs.
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