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Ondaatje wins fifth Governor General's Award
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by Kaitlin | November 27, 2007 at 05:21 pm
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Canadian novelist and powerhouse Michael Ondaatje has won this year's Governor's General Award for his novel Divisadero, which is called "a remarkable new novel of intersecting lives that ranges across continents and time" by publisher McLelland. The novel takes place in San Francisco, Nevada and France.
Toronto-based Ondaatje, who was also shortlisted for the Giller Prize this year, is now tied with novelist and essayist Hugh MacLennan for the most Governor General's trophies under his belt, with five.Calling it an honour to be in the company of MacLennan, whom he cited as the first author he read who wrote specifically about the Canadian experience, Ondaatje said it was "a thrill" to receive another Governor General's Literary Award for a book he described as "risky" and "difficult to write."
I kid--Ondaatje's a national treasure, and we Canadians hold our national treasures close to our heart. Almost as close as we hold our Tim Hortons coffee cups. Zing! Congrats Ondaatje.
The Governor General's Literary Awards are handed out annually in seven categories across both the French and English literary worlds. Since 1957, the awards have been administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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