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Charles Huggins, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1901, shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering hormonal treatment of prostate cancer.
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Lait cru, by Steve Poutré, won the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Empty Spaces, by Jordan Abel, won the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Mille secrets mille dangers, by Alain Farah, won the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Faire les sucres, by Fanny Britt, won the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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De synthèse, by Karoline Georges, won the 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night, by Joel Thomas Hynes, won the 2017 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Au péril de la mer, by Dominique Fortier, won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien, won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Six degrés de liberté, by Nicolas Dickner, won the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Bondrée, by Andrée A. Michaud, won the 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Quand les guêpes se taisent, by Stéphanie Pelletier, won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton, won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Pour sûr, by France Daigle, won the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Purchase, by Linda Spalding, won the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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L’homme blanc, by Perrine Leblanc, won the 2011 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick deWitt, won the 2011 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Ru, by Kim Thúy, won the 2010 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Le discours sur la tombe de l’idiot, by Julie Mazzieri, won the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Mistress of Nothing, by Kate Pullinger, won the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Naissance de Rebecca à l’ère des tourments, by Marie-Claire Blais, won the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Origin of Species, by Nino Ricci, won the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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La mer de la Tranquillité, by Sylvain Trudel, won the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje, won the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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