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The winners of the '''1997 [[Governor General's Literary Awards]]''' were announced on November 18 by [[Donna Scott]], Chairman of the [[Canada Council|Canada Council for the Arts]]. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.<ref>Robert Reid, "Jane Urquhart wins Governor General's Award for fiction". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', November 19, 1997.</ref>
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The winners of the '''1997 [[Governor General's Literary Awards]]''' were announced on November 18 by [[Donna Scott]], Chairman of the [[Canada Council|Canada Council for the Arts]]. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.


==English Language==
==English==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
===Fiction===
!width=15%|Category

Winner:
!width=30%|Winner
!width=55%|Nominated
*[[Jane Urquhart]], ''The Underpainter''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction|Fiction]]
Other Finalists:
*[[Sandra Birdsell]], ''The Two-Headed Calf''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jane Urquhart]], ''The Underpainter'''''
|
*[[Matt Cohen (writer)|Matt Cohen]], ''Last Seen''
*[[Sandra Birdsell]], ''The Two-Headed Calf''
*[[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]], ''Small Change''
*[[Matt Cohen (writer)|Matt Cohen]], ''Last Seen''
*[[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]], ''Small Change''
*[[Eric McCormack (writer)|Eric McCormack]], ''First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women''
*[[Eric McCormack (writer)|Eric McCormack]], ''First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]]
===Poetry===
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Rachel Manley]], ''Drumblair – Memories of a Jamaican Childhood'''''
Winner:
|
*[[Dionne Brand]], ''Land to Light On''
*[[Wade Davis (anthropologist)|Wade Davis]], ''One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest''

*[[Catherine Dunphy]], ''Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero''
Other Finalists:
*[[Terry Glavin]], ''This Ragged Place – Travels Across the Landscape''
*[[Marilyn Bowering]], ''Autobiography''
*[[Blair Stonechild]] and [[Bill Waiser]], ''Loyal till Death – Indians and the North-West Rebellion''
*[[Patrick Friesen]], ''A Broken Bowl''
|-
*[[Carole Glasser Langille]], ''In Cannon Cave''
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry|Poetry]]
*[[Don McKay]], ''Apparatus''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dionne Brand]], ''Land to Light On'''''

|
===Drama===
*[[Marilyn Bowering]], ''Autobiography''
Winner:
*[[Ian Ross (playwright)|Ian Ross]], ''fareWel''
*[[Patrick Friesen]], ''A Broken Bowl''
*[[Carole Glasser Langille]], ''In Cannon Cave''

*[[Don McKay (poet)|Don McKay]], ''Apparatus''
Other Finalists:
|-
*[[Maureen Hunter]], ''Atlantis''
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language drama|Drama]]
*[[Lee MacDougall]], ''High Life''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ian Ross (playwright)|Ian Ross]], ''FareWel'''''
|
*[[Maureen Hunter]], ''Atlantis''
*[[Lee MacDougall]], ''High Life''
*[[Jason Sherman]], ''Reading Hebron''
*[[Jason Sherman]], ''Reading Hebron''
*[[Judith Thompson]], ''Sled''
*[[Judith Thompson]], ''Sled''


|-
===Non-fiction===
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature|Children's literature]]
Winner:
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kit Pearson]], ''Awake and Dreaming'''''
*[[Rachel Manley]], ''Drumblair - Memories of a Jamaican Childhood''
|

*[[Cheryl Foggo]], ''One Thing That's True''
Other Finalists:
*[[James Heneghan]], ''Wish Me Luck''
*[[Wade Davis]], ''One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest''
*[[Catherine Dunphy]], ''Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero''
*[[Teddy Jam]], ''The Fishing Summer''
*[[Barbara Nichol]], ''[[Dippers]]''
*[[Terry Glavin]], ''This Ragged Place - Travels Across the Landscape''
|-
*[[Blair Stonechild]] and [[Bill Waiser]], ''Loyal till Death - Indians and the North-West Rebellion''
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]

|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Barbara Reid]], ''The Party'''''
===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 (author)|Barbara Reid]], ''The Party''

Other Finalists:
*[[Blair Drawson]], ''Flying Dimitri''
*[[Blair Drawson]], ''Flying Dimitri''
*[[Marie-Louise Gay]], ''Rumpelstiltskin''
*[[Marie-Louise Gay]], ''Rumpelstiltskin''
*[[Robin Muller]], ''The Angel Tree''
*[[Robin Muller]], ''The Angel Tree''
*[[Ludmila Zeman]], ''The First Red Maple Leaf''
*[[Ludmila Zeman]], ''The First Red Maple Leaf''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French to English translation|French to English translation]]
===Translation - French to English===
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Howard Scott (translator)|Howard Scott]], ''The Euguelion'''''
Winner:
|
*[[Howard Scott (translator)|Howard Scott]], ''The Euguelion''
*[[Jane Brierley]], ''Canadians of Old''

*[[Patricia Claxton]], ''Baroque at Dawn''
Other Finalists:
*[[Jane Brierley]], ''Canadians of Old''
*[[David Homel]], ''A Drifting Year''
*[[Patricia Claxton]], ''Baroque at Dawn''
*[[David Homel]], ''A Drifting Year''
*[[Nancy Huston]], ''The Goldberg Variations''
*[[Nancy Huston]], ''The Goldberg Variations''
|}


==French Language==
==French==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
===Fiction===
!width=15%|Category

Winner:
!width=30%|Winner
!width=55%|Nominated
*[[Aude (author)|Aude]], ''Cet imperceptible mouvement''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction|Fiction]]
Other Finalists:
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Aude (writer)|Aude]], ''Cet imperceptible mouvement'''''
|
*[[Bernard Assiniwi]], ''La Saga des Béothuks''
*[[Bernard Assiniwi]], ''La Saga des Béothuks''
*[[Lise Bissonnette]], ''Quittes et Doubles - Scènes de réciprocité''
*[[Lise Bissonnette]], ''Quittes et Doubles – Scènes de réciprocité''
*[[Pierre Morency]], ''La Vie entière - Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde''
*[[Pierre Morency]], ''La Vie entière – Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde''
*[[Pierre Ouellet]], ''Légende dorée''
*[[Pierre Ouellet]], ''Légende dorée''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roland Viau]], ''Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne'''''
|
*[[Fernand Dumont]], ''Une foi partagée''
*[[Yolande Geadah]], ''Femmes voilées, intégrismes démasqués''
*[[Alain Bernard Marchand]], ''Tintin au pays de la ferveur''
*[[François Ricard]], ''Gabrielle Roy – Une vie''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language poetry|Poetry]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Pierre Nepveu]], ''Romans-fleuves'''''
|
*[[Nicole Brossard]], ''Vertige de l'avant-scène''
*[[Serge Legagneur]], ''Poèmes choisis, 1961–1997''
*[[Paul Chanel Malenfant]], ''Fleuves''
*[[Hélène Monette]], ''Plaisirs et Paysages kitsch''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language drama|Drama]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Yvan Bienvenue]], ''Dits et Inédits'''''
|
*[[Jasmine Dubé]], ''La Bonne Femme''
*[[Marie-Line Laplante]], ''Une tache sur la lune''
*[[Robert Marinier]], ''L'Insomnie''
*[[Larry Tremblay]], ''Ogre – Cornemuse''


|-
===Poetry===
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature|Children's literature]]
Winner:
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michel Noël (writer)|Michel Noël]], ''Pien'''''
*[[Pierre Nepveu]], ''Romans-fleuves''
|

*[[Dominique Demers]], ''Maïna, tomes 1 et 2''
Other Finalists:
*[[Nicole Brossard]], ''Vertige de l'avant-scène''
*[[Agathe Génois]], ''Sarah, je suis là!''
*[[Serge Legagneur]], ''Poèmes choisis, 1961-1997''
*[[Jacques Godbout]], ''Une leçon de chasse''
*[[Paul Chanel Malenfant]], ''Fleuves''
*[[Maryse Pelletier]], ''Une vie en éclats''
|-
*[[Hélène Monette]], ''Plaisirs et Paysages kitsch''
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]

|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Stéphane Poulin]], ''Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée'''''
===Drama===
|
Winner:
*[[Yvan Bienvenue]], ''Dits et Inédits''

Other Finalists:
*[[Jasmine Dubé]], ''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 néant et mangeurs d'âmes - Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne''

Other Finalists:
*[[Fernand Dumont]], ''Une foi partagée''
*[[Yolande Geadah]], ''Femmes voilées, intégrismes démasqués''
*[[Alain Bernard Marchand]], ''Tintin au pays de la ferveur''
*[[François Ricard]], ''Gabrielle Roy - Une vie''

===Children's Literature - Text===
Winner:
*[[Michel Noël]], ''Pien''

Other Finalists:
*[[Dominique Demers]], ''Maïna, tomes 1 et 2''
*[[Agathe Génois]], ''Sarah, je suis là!''
*[[Jacques Godbout]], ''Une leçon de chasse''
*[[Maryse Pelletier]], ''Une vie en éclats''

===Children's Literature - Illustrations===
Winner:
*[[Stéphane Poulin]], ''Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée''

Other Finalists:
*[[Leanne Franson]], ''L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette''
*[[Leanne Franson]], ''L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette''
*[[Stéphane Jorisch]], ''Casse-Noisette''
*[[Stéphane Jorisch]], ''Casse-Noisette''
*[[Gilles Tibo]], ''Simon et le petit cirque''
*[[Gilles Tibo]], ''Simon et le petit cirque''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English to French translation|English to French translation]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marie José Thériault]], ''Arracher les montagnes'''''
|
*[[François Barcelo]], ''La Face cachée des pierres''
*[[Nicole Côté]], ''Verre de tempête''
*[[Pierrot Lambert]], ''L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine''
|}


== References ==
===Translation - English to French===
{{Reflist}}
Winner:
*[[Marie José Thériault]], ''Arracher les montagnes''

Other Finalists:
*[[François Barcelo]], ''La Face cachée des pierres''
*[[Nicole Côté]], ''Verre de tempête''
*[[Pierrot Lambert]], ''L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine''


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Latest revision as of 20:09, 25 October 2023

The winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 18 by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.[1]

English

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Rachel Manley, Drumblair – Memories of a Jamaican Childhood
Poetry Blue ribbon Dionne Brand, Land to Light On
Drama Blue ribbon Ian Ross, FareWel
Children's literature Blue ribbon Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Barbara Reid, The Party
French to English translation Blue ribbon Howard Scott, The Euguelion

French

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Aude, Cet imperceptible mouvement
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Roland Viau, Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne
Poetry Blue ribbon Pierre Nepveu, Romans-fleuves
Drama Blue ribbon Yvan Bienvenue, Dits et Inédits
Children's literature Blue ribbon Michel Noël, Pien
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Stéphane Poulin, Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée
English to French translation Blue ribbon Marie José Thériault, Arracher les montagnes

References

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  1. ^ Robert Reid, "Jane Urquhart wins Governor General's Award for fiction". Waterloo Region Record, November 19, 1997.
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