May 18, 1995
1995 JURY PANEL ANNOUNCEDFOR
THE GILLER PRIZE
Jack Rabinovitch, founder of The Giller
Prize, is pleased to announce that authors Mordecai Richler
and Jane Urquhart and editor/academic David Staines
will comprise the 1995 jury for The Giller Prize. Jane Urquhart
replaces author Alice Munro, who served, with Mordecai Richler
and David Staines, on last year's jury in the inaugural
year of the prize.
The Giller Prize awards $25,000 annually
to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story
collection published in English. The award was established
last year by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour
of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller. The
first Giller Prize was presented in November 1994 to author
M.G. Vassanji for his novel The Book of Secrets,
published by McClelland & Stewart.
This year, the shortlist is scheduled
to be announced at a press conference in Toronto on the
morning of Thursday, October 5, 1995. The winner will be
announced at a gala black-tie dinner ceremony at Toronto's
Four Season's Hotel, to be held on Tuesday, November 7,
1995.
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