1997 Governor General's Awards

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.

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• 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

Winner:

• 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

Winner:

• Aude, Cet imperceptible mouvement

Other Finalists:

• Bernard Assiniwi, La Saga des Béothuks
• Lise Bissonnette, Quittes et Doubles – Scènes de réciprocité
• Pierre Morency, La Vie entière – Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde
• Pierre Ouellet, Légende dorée

Poetry

Winner:

• Pierre Nepveu, Romans-fleuves

Other Finalists:

• Nicole Brossard, Vertige de l'avant-scène
• Serge Legagneur, Poèmes choisis, 1961–1997
• Paul Chanel Malenfant, Fleuves
• Hélène Monette, Plaisirs et Paysages kitsch

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
• Stéphane Jorisch, Casse-Noisette
• Gilles Tibo, Simon et le petit cirque

Translation – English to French

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