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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==
==English==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"

!width=15%|Category
===Fiction===
!width=30%|Winner
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jane Urquhart]], ''The Underpainter'''''
!width=55%|Nominated
*[[Sandra Birdsell]], ''The Two-Headed Calf''
|-
*[[Matt Cohen (writer)|Matt Cohen]], ''Last Seen''
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction|Fiction]]
*[[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]], ''Small Change''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jane Urquhart]], ''The Underpainter'''''
|
*[[Sandra Birdsell]], ''The Two-Headed Calf''
*[[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}} '''[[Dionne Brand]], ''Land to Light On'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Rachel Manley]], ''Drumblair – Memories of a Jamaican Childhood'''''
|
*[[Marilyn Bowering]], ''Autobiography''
*[[Wade Davis (anthropologist)|Wade Davis]], ''One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest''
*[[Patrick Friesen]], ''A Broken Bowl''
*[[Catherine Dunphy]], ''Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero''
*[[Carole Glasser Langille]], ''In Cannon Cave''
*[[Terry Glavin]], ''This Ragged Place – Travels Across the Landscape''
*[[Don McKay]], ''Apparatus''
*[[Blair Stonechild]] and [[Bill Waiser]], ''Loyal till Death – Indians and the North-West Rebellion''

|-
===Drama===
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry|Poetry]]
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Ian Ross (playwright)|Ian Ross]], ''fareWel'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dionne Brand]], ''Land to Light On'''''
*[[Maureen Hunter]], ''Atlantis''
|
*[[Lee MacDougall]], ''High Life''
*[[Marilyn Bowering]], ''Autobiography''
*[[Patrick Friesen]], ''A Broken Bowl''
*[[Carole Glasser Langille]], ''In Cannon Cave''
*[[Don McKay (poet)|Don McKay]], ''Apparatus''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language drama|Drama]]
|{{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]]
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Rachel Manley]], ''Drumblair – Memories of a Jamaican Childhood'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kit Pearson]], ''Awake and Dreaming'''''
*[[Wade Davis]], ''One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest''
|
*[[Catherine Dunphy]], ''Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero''
*[[Cheryl Foggo]], ''One Thing That's True''
*[[Terry Glavin]], ''This Ragged Place – Travels Across the Landscape''
*[[James Heneghan]], ''Wish Me Luck''
*[[Blair Stonechild]] and [[Bill Waiser]], ''Loyal till Death – Indians and the North-West Rebellion''
*[[Teddy Jam]], ''The Fishing Summer''

*[[Barbara Nichol]], ''[[Dippers]]''
===Children's Literature – Text===
|-
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kit Pearson]], ''Awake and Dreaming'''''
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]
*[[Cheryl Foggo]], ''One Thing That's True''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Barbara Reid]], ''The Party'''''
*[[James Heneghan]], ''Wish Me Luck''
|
*[[Teddy Jam]], ''The Fishing Summer''
*[[Barbara Nichol]], ''Dippers''

===Children's Literature – Illustrations===
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Barbara Reid (author)|Barbara Reid]], ''The Party'''''
*[[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'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Howard Scott (translator)|Howard Scott]], ''The Euguelion'''''
|
*[[Jane Brierley]], ''Canadians of Old''
*[[Patricia Claxton]], ''Baroque at Dawn''
*[[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==
==French==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"

!width=15%|Category
===Fiction===
!width=30%|Winner
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Aude (writer)|Aude]], ''Cet imperceptible mouvement'''''
!width=55%|Nominated
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction|Fiction]]
|{{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]]
===Poetry===
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Pierre Nepveu]], ''Romans-fleuves'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roland Viau]], ''Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne'''''
|
*[[Nicole Brossard]], ''Vertige de l'avant-scène''
*[[Serge Legagneur]], ''Poèmes choisis, 1961–1997''
*[[Fernand Dumont]], ''Une foi partagée''
*[[Yolande Geadah]], ''Femmes voilées, intégrismes démasqués''
*[[Paul Chanel Malenfant]], ''Fleuves''
*[[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''
*[[Hélène Monette]], ''Plaisirs et Paysages kitsch''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language drama|Drama]]
===Drama===
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Yvan Bienvenue]], ''Dits et Inédits'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Yvan Bienvenue]], ''Dits et Inédits'''''
|
*[[Jasmine Dubé]], ''La Bonne Femme''
*[[Marie-Line Laplante]], ''Une tache sur la lune''
*[[Jasmine Dubé]], ''La Bonne Femme''
*[[Marie-Line Laplante]], ''Une tache sur la lune''
*[[Robert Marinier]], ''L'Insomnie''
*[[Robert Marinier]], ''L'Insomnie''
*[[Larry Tremblay]], ''Ogre – Cornemuse''
*[[Larry Tremblay]], ''Ogre – Cornemuse''


|-
===Non-Fiction===
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature|Children's literature]]
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roland Viau]], ''Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michel Noël (writer)|Michel Noël]], ''Pien'''''
*[[Fernand Dumont]], ''Une foi partagée''
|
*[[Yolande Geadah]], ''Femmes voilées, intégrismes démasqués''
*[[Alain Bernard Marchand]], ''Tintin au pays de la ferveur''
*[[Dominique Demers]], ''Maïna, tomes 1 et 2''
*[[François Ricard]], ''Gabrielle Roy – Une vie''
*[[Agathe Génois]], ''Sarah, je suis là!''
*[[Jacques Godbout]], ''Une leçon de chasse''

===Children's Literature – Text===
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michel Noël]], ''Pien'''''
*[[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''
*[[Maryse Pelletier]], ''Une vie en éclats''
|-

| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]
===Children's Literature – Illustrations===
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Stéphane Poulin]], ''Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Stéphane Poulin]], ''Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée'''''
|
*[[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]]
===Translation – English to French===
*{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marie José Thériault]], ''Arracher les montagnes'''''
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marie José Thériault]], ''Arracher les montagnes'''''
|
*[[François Barcelo]], ''La Face cachée des pierres''
*[[Nicole Côté]], ''Verre de tempête''
*[[François Barcelo]], ''La Face cachée des pierres''
*[[Nicole Côté]], ''Verre de tempête''
*[[Pierrot Lambert]], ''L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine''
*[[Pierrot Lambert]], ''L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine''
|}

== References ==
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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

[edit]
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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