David Yee的《随波逐流》获本年度总督文学奖

多伦多剧作家David Yee 的《随波逐流》(carried away on the crest of a wave ) 获得本年度戏剧类总督文学奖。

《随波逐流》通过一系列短剧表现了印度洋海啸引起的连锁反应，思考“一些事件如何将人们联系在一起，又如何将人们分离”的问题。

Image/ Playwrights Guild of Canada    David Yee

David Yee的父亲是华裔，母亲是苏格兰裔，他创作的以人头税为背景的《穿红衣的女人》(Lady in the Red Dress) 获得2010年总督文学奖提名。

2015年总督文学奖获奖英语作品

Fiction

Guy Vanderhaeghe

Daddy Lenin and Other Stories, McClelland & Stewart /Penguin Random House Canada

Children’s Literature (Text)

Caroline Pignat

The Gospel Truth, Red Deer Press

Children’s Literature (Illustrated Books)

JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith

Sidewalk Flowers, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press

Drama

David Yee

carried away on the crest of a wave, Playwrights Canada Press

Poetry

Robyn Sarah

My Shoes Are Killing Me, Biblioasis

Non-fiction

Mark L. Winston

Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive, Harvard University Press

Translation (French to English)

Rhonda Mullins Twenty-One Cardinals, Coach House Books. English translation of Les héritiers de la mine by Jocelyne Saucier, Les Éditions XYZ