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.
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
Other Governor General's Awards:
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