1998 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17th in Ottawa. 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 Nonfiction
1.5 Children's Literature - Text
1.6 Children's Literature - Illustration
1.7 Translation (from French to English)

2 French Language

2.8 Fiction
2.9 Poetry
2.10 Drama
2.11 Nonfiction
2.12 Children's Literature -- Text
2.13 Children's Literature -- Illustration
2.14 Translation (English to French)

3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion

Other Finalists:

Lynn Coady, Strange Heaven
Barbara Gowdy, White Bone
Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field

Poetry

Winner:

Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems

Other Finalists:

Louise Bernice Halfe, Blue Marrow

Michael Ondaatje, Handwriting
Lisa Robertson, Debbie: An Epic
Kathy Shaidle, Lobotomy Magnificat

Drama

Winner:

Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet

Other Finalists:

Bruce McManus, Selkirk Avenue

Richard Sanger, Not Spain

Sandra Shamas, Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances
David Young, Inexpressible Island

Nonfiction

Winner:

David Adams Richards, Lines on the Water - A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi

Other Finalists:

Wayne Grady, The Quiet Limit of the World - A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming
Charlotte Gray, Mrs. King - The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King
Judy Schultz, Mamie's Children - Three Generations of Prairie Women
Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson, Stolen Life - The Journey of a Cree Woman

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

Janet Lunn, The Hollow Tree

Other Finalists:

Gayle Friesen, Janey's Girl
Julie Johnston, The Only Outcast
Janet McNaughton, Make or Break Spring
Sarah Withrow, Bat Summer

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

Other Finalists:

Victor Bosson, The Fox's Kettle
Harvey Chan, Music for the Tsar of the Sea
Zhong-Yang Huang, The Great Race
St�phane Jorisch, The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

Sheila Fischman, Bambi and Me

Other Finalists:

Arnold Bennett, Voltaire's Man in America
David Homel, The Second Fiddle
Daniel Sloate, Aknos and Other Poems

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme

Other Finalists:

Marie-C�lie Agnant, Le Silence comme le sang

Madeleine Gagnon, Le Deuil du soleil

Nancy Huston, L'Empreinte de l'ange
Pierre Samson, Un gar�on de compagnie

Poetry

Winner:

Suzanne Jacob, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune

Other Finalists:

Hugues Corriveau, Le Livre du fr�re
H�l�ne Dorion, Les Murs de la grotte
Christine Richard, L'Eau des oiseaux
Michel van Schendel, Bitumes

Drama

Winner:

Fran�ois Archambault, 15 secondes

Other Finalists:

Serge Boucher, Motel H�l�ne
Olivier Choini�re, Le Bain des raines
Carole Fr�chette, La Peau d'�lisa
Suzanne Lebeau, L'Ogrelet

Nonfiction

Winner:

Pierre Nepveu, Int�rieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les litt�ratures du Qu�bec et des Am�riques

Other Finalists:

Chantal Bouchard, La Langue et le Nombril : Histoire d'une obsession qu�b�coise
Marcel Olscamp, Le Fils du notaire Jacques Ferron 1921-1949 : Gen�se intellectuelle d'un �crivain
R�gine Robin, Le Golem de l'�criture : De l'autofiction au Cybersoi
Patricia Smart, Les Femmes du Refus global

Children's Literature -- Text

Winner:

Ang�le Delaunois, Variations sur un m�me &laqno;t'aime�

Other Finalists:

Guy Dessureault, Lettre de Chine
Daniel Mativat, Terreur sur la Windigo
Danielle Rochette, La Fugue d'Antoine
H�l�ne Vachon, Le Cin�ma de Somerset

Children's Literature -- Illustration

Winner:

Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Il�taitunefois

Other Finalists:

St�phane Poulin, Petit zizi
Alain Reno, Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures
Yayo, Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

Charlotte Melan�on, Les Sources du moi - La Formation de l'identit� moderne

Other Finalists:

Paule Noyart, Leonard Cohen - Le Canadien errant
H�l�ne Rioux, Self

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