1998 Governor General's Awards
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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 17 in Ottawa. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.
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[edit] English-language finalists
[edit] Fiction
- Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion
- Lynn Coady, Strange Heaven
- Barbara Gowdy, The White Bone
- Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
- Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field
[edit] Poetry
- Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
- Louise Bernice Halfe, Blue Marrow
- Michael Ondaatje, Handwriting
- Lisa Robertson, Debbie: An Epic
- Kathy Shaidle, Lobotomy Magnificat
[edit] Drama
- Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet
- Bruce McManus, Selkirk Avenue
- Richard Sanger, Not Spain
- Sandra Shamas, Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances
- David Young, Inexpressible Island
[edit] Non-fiction
- David Adams Richards, Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi
- 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
[edit] Children's literature (text)
- Janet Lunn, The Hollow Tree
- Gayle Friesen, Janey's Girl
- Julie Johnston, The Only Outcast
- Janet McNaughton, Make or Break Spring
- Sarah Withrow, Bat Summer
[edit] Children's literature (illustration)
- Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
- Victor Bosson, The Fox's Kettle
- Harvey Chan, Music for the Tsar of the Sea
- Zhong-Yang Huang, The Great Race
- Stéphane Jorisch, The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories
[edit] Translation (from French to English)
- Sheila Fischman, Bambi and Me
- Arnold Bennett, Voltaire's Man in America
- David Homel, The Second Fiddle
- Daniel Sloate, Aknos and Other Poems
[edit] French-language finalists
[edit] Fiction
- Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme
- Marie-Célie Agnant, Le Silence comme le sang
- Madeleine Gagnon, Le Deuil du soleil
- Nancy Huston, L'Empreinte de l'ange
- Pierre Samson, Un garçon de compagnie
[edit] Poetry
- Suzanne Jacob, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune
- Hugues Corriveau, Le Livre du frère
- Hélène Dorion, Les Murs de la grotte
- Christine Richard, L'Eau des oiseaux
- Michel van Schendel, Bitumes
[edit] Drama
- François Archambault, 15 secondes
- Serge Boucher, Motel Hélène
- Olivier Choinière, Le Bain des raines
- Carole Fréchette, La Peau d'Élisa
- Suzanne Lebeau, L'Ogrelet
[edit] Non-fiction
- Pierre Nepveu, Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques
- Chantal Bouchard, La Langue et le Nombril : Histoire d'une obsession québécoise
- Marcel Olscamp, Le Fils du notaire Jacques Ferron 1921-1949 : Genèse intellectuelle d'un écrivain
- Régine Robin, Le Golem de l'écriture : De l'autofiction au Cybersoi
- Patricia Smart, Les Femmes du Refus global
[edit] Children's literature (text)
- Angèle Delaunois, Variations sur un même &laqno;t'aime»
- Guy Dessureault, Lettre de Chine
- Daniel Mativat, Terreur sur la Windigo
- Danielle Rochette, La Fugue d'Antoine
- Hélène Vachon, Le Cinéma de Somerset
[edit] Children's literature (illustration)
- Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois
- Stéphane Poulin, Petit zizi
- Alain Reno, Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures
- Yayo, Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel
[edit] English-to-French translation
- Charlotte Melançon, Les Sources du moi : La Formation de l'identité moderne
- Paule Noyart, Leonard Cohen : Le Canadien errant
- Hélène Rioux, Self
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