1997 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards was announced on November 18th by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.

Table of contents

1 English Language

1.1 Fiction
1.2 Poetry
1.3 Drama
1.4 Non-fiction
1.5 Children's Literature - Text
1.6 Children's Literature - Illustrations
1.7 Translation - French to English

2 French Language

2.8 Fiction
2.9 Poetry
2.10 Drama
2.11 Non-Fiction
2.12 Children's Literature - Text
2.13 Children's Literature - Illustrations
2.14 Translation - English to French

3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter

Other Finalists:

Sandra Birdsell, The Two-Headed Calf
Matt Cohen, Last Seen
Elizabeth Hay, Small Change
Eric McCormack, First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

Poetry

Dionne Brand, Land to Light On

Other Finalists:

Marilyn Bowering, Autobiography
Patrick Friesen, A Broken Bowl
Carole Glasser Langille, In Cannon Cave
Don McKay, Apparatus

Drama

Winner:

Ian Ross, fareWel

Other Finalists:

Maureen Hunter, Atlantis
Lee MacDougall, High Life
Jason Sherman, Reading Hebron
Judith Thompson, Sled

Non-fiction

Winner:

Rachel Manley, Drumblair - Memories of a Jamaican Childhood

Other Finalists:

Wade Davis, One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Catherine Dunphy, Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero
Terry Glavin, This Ragged Place - Travels Across the Landscape
Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser, Loyal till Death - Indians and the North-West Rebellion

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming

Other Finalists:

Cheryl Foggo, One Thing That's True
James Heneghan, Wish Me Luck
Teddy Jam, The Fishing Summer
Barbara Nichol, Dippers

Children's Literature - Illustrations

Winner:

Barbara Reid, The Party

Other Finalists:

Blair Drawson, Flying Dimitri
Marie-Louise Gay, Rumpelstiltskin
Robin Muller, The Angel Tree
Ludmila Zeman, The First Red Maple Leaf

Translation - French to English

Winner:

Howard Scott, The Euguelion

Other Finalists:

Jane Brierley, Canadians of Old

Patricia Claxton, Baroque at Dawn

David Homel, A Drifting Year

Nancy Huston, The Goldberg Variations

French Language

Fiction

Aude, Cet imperceptible mouvement

Other Finalists:

Bernard Assiniwi, La Saga des B�othuks
Lise Bissonnette, Quittes et Doubles - Sc�nes de r�ciprocit�
Pierre Morency, La Vie enti�re - Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde
Pierre Ouellet, L�gende dor�e

Poetry

Winner:

Pierre Nepveu, Romans-fleuves

Other Finalists:

Nicole Brossard, Vertige de l'avant-sc�ne
Serge Legagneur, Po�mes choisis, 1961-1997
Paul Chanel Malenfant, Fleuves
H�l�ne Monette, Plaisirs et Paysages kitsch

Drama

Winner:

Yvan Bienvenue, Dits et In�dits

Other Finalists:

Jasmine Dub�, La Bonne Femme
Marie-Line Laplante, Une tache sur la lune
Robert Marinier, L'Insomnie
Larry Tremblay, Ogre - Cornemuse

Non-Fiction

Winner:

Roland Viau, Enfants du n�ant et mangeurs d'�mes - Guerre, culture et soci�t� en Iroquoisie ancienne

Other Finalists:

Fernand Dumont, Une foi partag�e
Yolande Geadah, Femmes voil�es, int�grismes d�masqu�s
Alain Bernard Marchand, Tintin au pays de la ferveur
Fran�ois Ricard, Gabrielle Roy - Une vie

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

Michel No�l, Pien

Other Finalists:

Dominique Demers, Ma�na, tomes 1 et 2

Agathe G�nois, Sarah, je suis l�!

Jacques Godbout, Une le�on de chasse
Maryse Pelletier, Une vie en �clats

Children's Literature - Illustrations

Winner:

St�phane Poulin, Poil de serpent, dent d'araign�e

Other Finalists:

Leanne Franson, L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette
St�phane Jorisch, Casse-Noisette
Gilles Tibo, Simon et le petit cirque

Translation - English to French

Winner:

Marie Jos� Th�riault, Arracher les montagnes

Other Finalists:

Fran�ois Barcelo, La Face cach�e des pierres
Nicole C�t�, Verre de temp�te
Pierrot Lambert, L'Insight: �tude de la compr�hension humaine

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