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	Giller Prize: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Giller Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English.
		This prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller.
		The prize is given in November of each year and comes with a cash reward of $25,000.
	www.encyclopedian.com /gi/Giller-Prize.html (127 words)

	Scotiabank Giller Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On September 22, 2005, the Giller Prize established an endorsement deal with Scotiabank, a major Canadian bank.
		The prize package for the award was increased to $50,000, of which $40,000 will be presented to the winning author and $2,500 each to the other four shortlisted nominees.
		The award's official name was also changed at that time, to the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giller_Prize (311 words)

	CTV.ca \| Author Austin Clarke wins $25,000 Giller prize
		Clarke was also the winner of the 1999 W.O. Mitchell prize, awarded each year to a Canadian writer who has produced an outstanding body of work and served as a mentor to other writers.
		Giller founder Jack Rabinovitch said the gala was not about winners and contenders, but really about writers.
		As of this year, all Giller Prize material will be printed on the Richler Font, a typeface commissioned last year in memory of Richler.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1036551835029_53 (841 words)

	:: TurboBookSnob.com ::
		The Booker Prize, or Man Booker Prize as it is now known, is widely considered to be the most prestigious prize awarded for novels written in the English language.
		The prize is not restricted to authors from specific countries, as is the Man Booker Prize.
		The Giller Prize is awarded for the best work of fiction or book of short stories written in English by a Canadian author.
	www.turbobooksnob.com /resources/prizes.html (977 words)

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		— A jubilant Alice Munro pulled off a rare literary feat Thursday night, winning the glamorous Giller prize for the second time in her celebrated writing career.
		As they waited for the TV cameras to roll, guests noshed on seared salmon with peach chutney and french fries.
		Runaway, comprised of eight stories dealing with the inner lives of women, is also up for a Governor General's award, to be announced next week.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/scfcn/CTVNews/20041112/giller_preview_041110/Entertainment (408 words)

	GILLER PRIZE FOR CANADIAN LITERATURE - Topic Powered by Groupee Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabinovitch founded the prize in 1994 in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.
		Ondaatje won the Booker Prize several years ago for The English Patient, which was later turned into an Academy Award-winning film.
		Richards said he was "extremely pleased" and "grateful" for the Giller, and paid tribute to his co-winner.
	discussions.bluerodeo.com /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/7456025682/m/3766047623 (1253 words)

	Literary prizes for English language fiction
		The prize is named in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller, and was founded in 1994 by her husband, Jack Rabinovitch.
		The 2003 prize was awarded in November 2004 to Charlotte Mendelson for her novel Daughters of Jerusalem.
		The recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature was Austria's Elfriede Jelinek.
	www.boothill.ca /goatwrrld/ten%20literary%20prizes.html (2012 words)

	Guess the Giller
		Founded in 1994, The Giller Prize awards $25,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.
		In celebration of the 2004 Giller Prize, Vancouver Public Library invites you to guess who will be the winner of this year's special literary award!
		Once the 2004 Giller Prize has been announced, contestants who have guessed correctly will be entered into the draw.
	www.vancouverpubliclibrary.net /MDC/guessgiller.html (1754 words)

	Giller Prize Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	Canadian Book Awards - Burnaby Public Library
		Inaugurated in 1986 to honour the memory of writer Marian Engel, this prize is awarded each year to a female Canadian writer in mid-career.
		The prize goes to the author of the novel or short story collection judged to be the year's best work of fiction.
		In the spring of 2003, at the encouragement of the late Timothy Findley, The Writers' Trust of Canada established an annual prize to be awarded to a male writer in mid-career.
	bpl.burnaby.bc.ca /fiction/canawa.htm (1192 words)

	Contemporary Fiction
		The winner of the 2005 Man Booker Prize, announced October 10, is John Banville's The Sea.
		The short list for the 2005 Orange Prize was announced on April 18.
		The 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded to Awarded to Giliad by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/fiction (1402 words)

	CTV.ca \| Authors to share Giller Prize
		The Giller Prize - Canada's biggest fiction award - was given to authors Michael Ondaatje and David Adams Richards on Thursday.
		It is the first time since the prize was founded seven years ago that it has been shared.
		Previous Giller winners are Bonnie Burnard (1999), Alice Munro (1998), Mordecai Richler (1997), Margaret Atwood (1996), Rohinton Mistry (1995) and M.G. Vassanji (1994).
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025827255610_21236455 (257 words)

	Anne McDermid & Associates-Literary Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The winner of the 2004 Giller Prize is Alice Munro, for her acclaimed short story collection Runaway.
		David Homel is the winner of two Quebec Writers' Federation awards: The Hugh McLennan Prize for Fiction for The Speaking Cure, as well as the Translation Prize for his translation of Monique Proulx's The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle.
		The Giller Prize goes to M.G. Vassanji, the first repeat winner of the ten year old prize.
	www.mcdermidagency.com /archives.htm (775 words)

	Fiction News Archive
		The 2002 Man Booker Prize is awarded to Yann Martel's Life of Pi.
		The 2002 Giller Prize was awarded November 5, 2002 to Austin Clarke for The Polished Hoe.
		Imre Kertész was awarded the Nobel Prize "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history."
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/fiction/news (233 words)

	Pacific Rim Voices : Links : Kiriyama Prize favorites
		One of the world's most famous literary prizes, the Booker aims to reward the best novel of the year by an author in the British Commonwealth.
		The Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award are probably the best known Canadian book prizes.
		For women writers only, the Orange Prize for Fiction is the UK's largest annual literary award for a single novel.
	www.pacificrimvoices.org /links/links_KP.html (370 words)

	Townhall.com :: AP - 5 Authors Short-Listed for Giller Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Five Canadian fiction writers have made the short list for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the country's richest and glitziest literary award, organizers announced Wednesday.
		Since its inception, the Giller has become Canada's most talked-about literary honor, with an awards dinner attracting a mix of politicians, musicians, actors and authors.
		The prize _ awarded to Alice Munro last year _ was created in 1994 by businessman Jack Rabinovitch to honor his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.
	www.townhall.com /news/ap/online/entertainment/other/D8CTD1Q80.html (333 words)

	PaperCuts - Saskatchewan Writer Wins Giller Prize
		After a month of frenzied speculation Saskatchewan author Bonnie Burnard claimed her $25,000 award as winner of the prestigious Giller Prize for 1999.
		Said to be the toughest race to call in the history of the Giller, Burnard earned this award for her book A Good House.
		This short story collection was listed for the Giller prize that same year.
	www.saskpublishers.sk.ca /programs/papercuts/1999-fall/prize.shtml (273 words)

	Toronto Life: The prize widow: after Charles Taylor died, his wife, Noreen, established a $25,000 book award in his ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Toronto Life: The prize widow: after Charles Taylor died, his wife, Noreen, established a $25,000 book award in his honour.
		But adding pizzazz to "literary non-fiction"--as the Giller Prize did for Canadian fiction--is proving to be a tall order.
		The prize widow: after Charles Taylor died, his wife, Noreen, established a $25,000 book award in his honour.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_go1629/is_200211/ai_n7246566 (233 words)

	Bookreporter.com - The 2005 Giller Prize Nominees
		The shortlist for Canada's most prestigious literary award, the Giller Prize, was announced on September 29, 2005.
		The Giller Prize was founded by Jack Rabinowitch in 1994 in memory of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.
		For more information about the Giller Prize, go to http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca.
	www.bookreporter.com /features/award_giller_prize.asp (161 words)

	Encyclopedia: Giller Prize
		A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist.
		See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature.
		Jury: Warren Cariou, Elizabeth Hay, Richard B. Wright See also: 2004 in literature, other events of 2005, 2006 in literature, list of years in literature.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Giller-Prize (1794 words)

	Trent University - Press Release
		Richard B. Wright, the winner of this year's Giller Prize - Canada's prestigious literary award worth $25,000 - is a graduate of Trent University.
		The Giller Prize is not only a wonderful recognition of his achievement, but also a way of bringing that achievement out into the community-and reducing the solitary nature of the craft.
		The Giller was awarded for his novel Clara Callan.
	www.trentu.ca /news/pressreleases/wright.html (368 words)

	Jim Cuddy one of Giller Prize presenters - Nov. 11th on CBC Television! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jim Cuddy one of Giller Prize presenters - Nov. 11th on CBC Television!
		Hey guys just a reminder that the Giller Prize ceremony is on tonight.
		Then before I plan to go to bed, I do a quick flick, the stupid show is on, just at a later time than on CBC television, but there is only like 15 min left, so I'm assuming that I'm not going to get to see him.
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	Giller Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In addition to the $25,000 cash award, The Giller Prize presents the winner with a specially commissioned one of a kind bronze statue, sculpted by acclaimed artist Yehouda Chaki.
		Doris Giller, who began her career as a secretary with a supermarket chain, rose to be a reporter and editor at three of Canada's major daily newspapers and made her mark in Canada's literary community.
		Born, educated and raised in Montreal, Jack Rabinovitch graduated from McGill University in 1952 with a B.A. in Honors English.
	www.literature-awards.com /giller_prize.htm (506 words)

	Enlaces : Arts : Literature : World_Literature : Canadian : Awards : Giller_Prize,_The :: 100cia.com
		The Giller Prize - Official site includes news, past winners and finalists, history, and submission information..
		Infoculture Special Coverage: 1998 Giller Prize - Profiles of the authors and books nominated for the 1998 award, as well as an article about the event..
		1999 Giller Prize Photo Album - Behind the scenes look into the 1999 award ceremony.
	www.100cia.com /recursos/enlaces/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/Canadian/Awards/Giller_Prize,_The (132 words)

	Awards, Honours, Prizes - Online Reference - McGill University Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Winners of Chapters/Books in Canada, Giller, Governor General, Journey, and Marian Engel awards.
		Check sitemap for finalists and past winners of the Harold Adams Innis, Jean-Charles-Falardeau and Raymond Klibansky book prizes for the best Canadian scholarly works written in French and in English.
		Prizes which "honor people whose achievements 'cannot or should not be reproduced.'"
	www.library.mcgill.ca /refshelf/awards.htm (217 words)

	Fame and Fortune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Books must be submitted by publishers according to the Details and Rules of the Prize.
		Description: Named in honour of the late literary journalist Doris Giller, the prize was founded in 1994 by her husband Jack Rabinovitch.
		Further Details: Details and Rules of the Prize are available to publishers by writing to The Giller Prize at the address above, or online at the Giller Prize website, also above.
	www.sources.com /Fandf/fandf131.htm (113 words)

	Contributors - Lodestar Quarterly
		Keel Bone, winner of the 2003 Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize, is her first full-length poetry manuscript.
		Her first novel, Cereus Blooms at Night, was nominated for The Giller Prize, the Chapter's First Novel Award, and the BC Book Prize; and she was awarded the New England Book Sellers award in 1998.
		Featured in June Jordan's Poetry For The People program at UC Berkeley, her poems are also broadcast frequently on Pacifica Radio and the National Radio Project, and used in colleges, high schools and workshops across the country.
	www.lodestarquarterly.com /contributors/issue/9 (1184 words)

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