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Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence

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The Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence is administered by the BC Book Prizes and recognizes a writer who has contributed significantly to the development of literary excellence in British Columbia, as well as having written a substantial body of literary work throughout his or her career.[1]

The recipient receives a cash award of $5,000 and a commemorative certificate.[1]

History

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The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence was first conceived in the spring of 2002. Led by the late Carol Shields, a group of respected BC writers met with the current Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, the Honourable Iona Campagnolo to initiate a special provincial literary arts award. Inspired by Shields, this meeting resulted in the establishment of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence.

Winners

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Award winners
Year Winner Ref.
2004 P. K. Page
2005 Robert Bringhurst
2006 Jack Hodgins
2007 Patrick Lane
2008 Gary Geddes
2009 Terry Glavin
2010 Stan Persky
2011 George Bowering [2]
2012 Brian Brett [3]
2013 Lorna Crozier [4]
Sarah Ellis [4]
2014 Kit Pearson [5]
2015 Betty Keller [6]
2016 Alan Twigg [7]
2017 Douglas Coupland [8]
2020 Julie Flett
Joy Kogawa
2021 Joseph A. Dandurand
2022 Audrey Thomas
2023 Robin Stevenson [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b [1] Archived 2011-06-24 at the Wayback Machine, Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.
  2. ^ Brian Lynch (April 14, 2011). "George Bowering wins the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence". Straight. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Lederman, Marsha (April 25, 2012). "Brian Brett wins BC award for literary excellence". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Perkins, Martha (April 11, 2013). "Sarah Ellis and Lorna Crozier to receive Lieutenant Governor Award". WE Vancouver. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  5. ^ Chamberlain, Adrian (April 23, 2014). "Victoria author Kit Pearson wins Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  6. ^ DeGrass, Jan (April 2, 2015). "Lifetime of literary excellence for Coast author". Coast Reporter. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  7. ^ Sherlock, Tracy (March 22, 2016). "BC BookWorld founder Alan Twigg honoured for promoting province's literature". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  8. ^ "Vancouver's Douglas Coupland lands Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence". Vancouver Sun. 2017-04-04. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  9. ^ Gee, Dana (25 September 2023). "And the winners of the B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes are ..." Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

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