April 24, 2001
JURY PANEL ANNOUNCED
FOR THE 2001 GILLER PRIZE
Jack Rabinovitch, founder of The Giller Prize,
is pleased to announce that authors David Adams Richards
and Joan Clark, and journalist Robert Fulford,
will comprise The 2001 Giller Prize jury.
David Adams Richards was born in Newcastle,
New Brunswick in 1950. He wrote his first novel, The
Keeping of Gusties, at the age of 20. His most recent
novel, Mercy Among the Children, was one of the two
winners of The 2000 Giller Prize, was nominated for The
Governor General's Award for Fiction, and has recently been
nominated for the Trillium Award. Richards is one of only
three writers ever to win the Governor General's Award in
both the Fiction and Non-Fiction categories. Nights Below
Station Street won in the Fiction category in 1988 and
ten years later, Lines on the Water won in the Non-Fiction
category. Richards has won two Gemini awards, the first
for his 1994 teleplay Small Gifts, and the second for a
screen adaptation of his novel For Those Who Hunt the
Wounded Down. The author now lives in Toronto with his
wife and family.
Joan Clark was born in Liverpool,
Nova Scotia, grew up in the Maritimes, and lived for 20
years in Western Canada. Clark is the author of three novels,
two collections of short stories, and seven children's books.
Her most recent novel, Latitudes of Melt, was published
last year in Canada and Holland and is to be released in
the United States, Germany, and Italy. Clark won The Marian
Engel award in 1991 and The Canada-Scotland Exchange award
in 1992. Her novel, The Victory of Geraldine Gull,
was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the
W.H. Smith Award and won The Canadian Author's Association
Award in 1989. She has served on The Governor General's
Award for Fiction jury and The Roger's Writers' Trust Fiction
Prize jury. Joan Clark lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Robert Fulford began his career in
journalism as a sports writer in 1950. He is now a regular
contributor to the National Post, writing a weekly column
on cultural issues and frequent features. He also writes
a column on media for Toronto Life magazine. Fulford has
been a literary and art critic for the Toronto Star, a columnist
for the Globe and Mail, editor of Saturday Night magazine
for 19 years, a television host for TVOntario and a radio
host for the CBC. He has written several books, including
his memoirs, Best Seat in the House; Accidental City,
about the development of Toronto, and The Triumph of
Narrative, the published version of his Massey lectures,
aired on CBC in 1999. Fulford is an officer of the Order
of Canada, holds honourary degrees from six Canadian universities,
and is a senior fellow at Massey College.
Dates Confirmed
This year, the shortlist is scheduled to be announced at
a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, October 3. The
winner will be announced at a black-tie dinner and awards
ceremony at Toronto's Four Season's Hotel on Tuesday, November
6, 2001.
Prize History
The Giller Prize awards $25,000 annually to the author of
the best Canadian novel or short story collection published
in English. Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch established
the award in 1994 in honour of his late wife, literary journalist
Doris Giller.
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