1993 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1993 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Caroline Adderson, Bad Imaginings
- Thomas King, Green Grass, Running Water
- David Adams Richards, For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
- Carol Windley, Visible Light
Poetry
Winner:
- Don Coles, Forests of the Medieval World
Other Finalists:
- Claire Harris, Drawing Down a Daughter
- Monty Reid, Crawlspace: New and Selected Poems
- Douglas Burnet Smith, Voices from a Farther Room
- Patricia Young, More Watery Still
Drama
Winner:
- Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas
Other Finalists:
- Daniel MacIvor, House Humans
- Raymond Storey, The Saints and Apostles
- David Young, Glenn
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Karen Connelly, Touch the Dragon
Other Finalists:
- Marq de Villiers, The Heartbreak Grape: A Journey in Search of the Perfect Pinot Noir
- Marian Fowler, In a Gilded Cage
- Jane Jacobs, Systems of Survival
- Noël Mostert, Frontiers
Children's Literature – Text
Winner:
- Tim Wynne-Jones, Some of the Kinder Planets
Other Finalists:
- Mitzi Dale, Bryna Means Courage
- James Archibald Houston, Drifting Snow: An Arctic Search
- Carol Matas, Daniel's Story
- Shirley Sterling, My Name Is Seepeetza
Children's Literature – Illustration
Winner:
- Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming
Other Finalists:
- Scott Cameron, Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Marc Mongeau, There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen!
- Russ Willms, Brewster Rooster
- Leo Yerxa, Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall
Translation (from French to English)
Winner:
- D. G. Jones, Categorics One, Two and Three
Other Finalists:
- Jane Brierley, The Maerlande Chronicles
- Sheila Fischman, Following the Summer
- Linda Gaboriau, The Eye Is an Eagle
- Käthe Roth, The Last Cod Fish
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Nancy Huston, Cantique des plaines
Other Finalists:
- Esther Croft, Au commencement était le froid
- Robert Lalonde, Sept lacs plus au nord
- Rober Racine, Le Mal de Vienne
- Pierre Yergeau, Tu attends la neige, Léonard?
Poetry
Winner:
- Denise Desautels, Le Saut de l'ange
Other Finalists:
- Denise Boucher, Grandeur nature
- Roger Des Roches, La Réalité
- Madeleine Gagnon, La Terre est remplie de langage
- Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Le Cycle de Prague
Drama
Winner:
- Daniel Danis, Celle-là
Other Finalists:
- Jasmine Dubé, Petit Monstre
- Gilbert Dupuis, Kushapatshikan
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- François Paré, Les Littératures de l'exiguïté
Other Finalists:
- Léon Dion, Québec 1945–2000 : Les intellectuels et le temps de Duplessis
- Maurice Lemire, Formation de l'imaginaire littéraire au Québec 1764–1867
- Jean Terrasse, De Mentor à Orphée
- Andrée Yanacopoulo, Hans Selye ou la Cathédrale du stress
Children's Literature – Text
Winner:
- Michèle Marineau, La Route de Chlifa
Other Finalists:
- Yves Beauchemin, Antoine et Alfred
- Dominique Demers, Les grands sapins ne meurent pas
- Raymond Plante, Les Dents de la poule
Children's Literature – Illustration
Winner:
- Stéphane Jorisch, Le Monde selon Jean de ...
Other Finalists:
- Francis Back, Des crayons qui trichent
- Michel Bisson, Thomas et la nuit
- Sheldon Cohen, Le Plus Long Circuit
- François Vaillancourt, Le Premier Voyage de Monsieur Patapoum
Translation (from English to French)
Winner:
- Marie José Thériault, L'Oeuvre du Gallois
Other Finalists:
- Hervé Juste, Histoire de la sécurité sociale au Canada
- Charlotte Melançon, Grandeur et misère de la modernité