The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000. English-language finalists Fiction Richard B. Wright, Clara Callan Yann Martel, Life of Pi Tessa McWatt, Dragons Cry Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers Thomas Wharton, Salamander Poetry George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems Anne Carson, Men in the Off Hours Phil Hall, Trouble Sleeping Robert Kroetsch, The Hornbooks of Rita K. Steve McCaffery, Seven Pages Missing Drama Kent Stetson, The Harps of God Mark Brownell, Monsieur d'Eon Clem Martini, A Three Martini Lunch Michael Redhill, Building Jerusalem Jason Sherman, An Acre of Time: The Play Non-fiction Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Ingenuity Gap Susan Crean, The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr Ross A. Laird, Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft Alberto Manguel, Reading Pictures: A History of Love and Hate Jack Todd, The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story Children's literature (text) Arthur Slade, Dust Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice Beth Goobie, Before Wings Julie Johnston, In Spite of Killer Bees Teresa Toten, The Game Children's literature (illustration) Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup Harvey Chan, Wild Bog Tea Murray Kimber, The Wolf of Gubbio Kim LaFave, We'll All Go Sailing Cindy Revell, Mallory and the Power Boy French-to-English translation Fred A. Reed and David Homel, Fairy Ring (Martine Desjardins, Le Cercle de Clara) Sheila Fischman, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (Gaétan Soucy, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Gail Scott, The Sailor's Disquiet (Michael Delisle, Le Désarroi du matelot) French-language finalists Fiction Andrée A. Michaud, Marie-Claire Blais, Rachel Leclerc, Poetry Paul Chanel Malenfant, Tania Langlais, Hélène Monette, Stefan Psenak, Jean-Philippe Raîche, Drama Normand Chaurette, François Archambault, Réjane Charpentier, Michel Ouellette, "Requiem", in Non-fiction Renée Dupuis, Jacques Allard, Michel Biron, Madeleine Gagnon, Jacques B. Gélinas, Children's literature (text) Christiane Duchesne, Cécile Gagnon, Ann Lamontagne, Marthe Pelletier, Jean-Michel Schembré, Children's literature (illustration) Bruce Roberts, Marjolaine Bonenfant, Pascale Constantin, Stéphane Poulin, Mylène Pratt, English-to-French translationMichel Saint-Germain, 'Agnès Guitard, Maryse Warda, '' References Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards