1991 The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs Damon Galut
1992 Tramp Royal Tim Couzens
1993 The Folly Ivan Vladislavic
1994 Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
1995 Other Places Sarah Ruden (Creative Literature)
1995 The Calling of Katie Makanya Margaret McCord (Non-fiction)
COMMONWEALTH PRIZE
Any work of prose fiction first published in year prior to the award. Author must be a member of a Commonwealth country.
1987 Summer Lightning Olive Senior
1988 Heroes Festus Iyayi
1989 The Carpathians Janet Frame Women of Influence Bonnie Burnard
1990 Solomon Gursky Mordecai Richler Visitors John Cranna
1991 The Great World David Malouf Shape-Shifter Pauline Melville
1992 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry Divina Trace Robert Antoni
1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller The Thousand Faces of the Night Githa Hariharan
1994 A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth The Case of Emily V. Keith Oatley
1995 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières Seasonal Adjustments Adib Khan
1996 A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry Red Earth and Pouring Rain Vikram Chandra
1997 Salt Earl Lovelace Fall on Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald
1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey Angel Falls Tim Wynveen
1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail The Electrical Field Kerri Sakamoto
2000 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain Jeffrey Moore
2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey White Teeth Zadie Smith
2002 Gould’s Book of Fish Richard Flanagan Ama, A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade Manu Herbstein
2003 The Polished Hoe Austin Clarke Haweswater Sarah Hall
2004 The Distant Shore Caryl Phillips The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
2005 Small Island Andrea Levy Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2006 The Secret River Kate Grenville Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement Mark MacWatt
2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones Vandal Love D. Y. Bechard
2008 The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill A Golden Age Tahmima Anam
2009 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas A Case of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif
2010 Solo Rana Dasgupta Siddon Rock Glenda Guest
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD
Selected by the Canada Council and given for outstanding Englishand French-language works.
1950 The Outlander (translation) Germaine Guevremont
1951 The Loved and the Lost Morley Callaghan
1952 The Pillar David Walker
1953 Digby David Walker
1954 The Fall of a Titan Igor Gouzenko
1955 The Sixth of June Lionel Shapiro
1956 The Sacrifice Adele Wiseman
1957 Street of Riches (translation) Gabrielle Roy
1958 Execution Colin McDougall
1959 The Watch that Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan
1960 The Luck of Ginger Coffey Brian Moore
1961 Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place Malcolm Lowry
1962 Running to Paradise Kildare Dobbs
1963 Hugh Garner’s Best Stories Hugh Garner
1964 The Deserter Douglas LePan
1965 No selection
1966 A Jest of God Margaret Laurence
1967 No selection
1968 Dance of the Happy Shades Alice Munro
1969 The Studhorse Man Robert Kroetsch
1970 The New Ancestors Dave Godfrey
1971 St Urbain’s Horseman Mordecai Richler
1972 The Manticore Robertson Davies
1973 The Temptations of Big Bear Rudy Wiebe
1974 The Diviners Margaret Laurence
1975 The Great Victorian Collection Brian Moore
1976 Bear Marian Engel
1977 The Wars Timothy Findley
1978 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro
1979 The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne Jack Hodgins
1980 Burning Water George Bowering
1981 Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories Mavis Gallant
1982 Man Descending Guy Vanderhaeghe
1983 Shakespeare’s Dog Leon Rooke
1984 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Skvorecky
1985 The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood
1986 The Progress of Love Alice Munro
1987 A Dream Like Mine M. T. Kelly
1988 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards
1989 Whale Music Paul Quarrington
1990 Lives of the Saints Nino Ricci
1991 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje
1993 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
1994 A Discovery of Strangers Rudy Wiebe
1995 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead
1996 The Englishman’s Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe
1997 The Underpainter Jane Urquhart
1998 Forms of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen
1999 Elizabeth and After Matt Cohen
2000 Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje
2001 Clara Callan Richard B. Wright
2002 A Song for Nettie Johnson Gloria Sawai
2003 Elle Douglas Glover
2004 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews
2005 A Perfect Night to Go to China David Gilmour
2006 The Law of Dreams Peter Behrens
2007 Divisadero Michael Ondaatje
2008 The Origin of Species Nino Ricci
2009 The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger
2010 Cool Water Dianne Warren
HUGHES & HUGHES IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR
The Hughes & Hughes Award is part of the annual Irish Book Awards.
2003 That They May Face The Rising Sun John McGahern
2004 Dancer Colum McCann
2005 Havoc In Its Third Year Ronan Bennett
2006 The Sea John Banville
2007 Winterwood Pat McCabe
2008 The Gathering Anne Enright