1991 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1991 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada
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Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts
Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
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Fiction
Winner:- Rohinton MistryRohinton MistryRohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian writer in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry is of Indian origin, originally from Mumbai, Zoroastrian and belongs to the Parsi community. Mistry is a Neustadt International Prize for Literature laureate .-Biography:Rohinton Mistry was...
, Such a Long JourneySuch a Long Journey (novel)Such a Long Journey is a 1991 novel by Rohinton Mistry. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other awards. In 2010 the book made headlines when it was withdrawn from the University of Mumbai's English syllabus after complaints from the family of the Hindu nationalist politician...
Other Finalists:
- Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
, Wilderness TipsWilderness Tips (book)Wilderness Tips is a book of short stories by Margaret Atwood, published in 1991 by McClelland and Stewart. It was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Certain of the stories were previously published in The New Yorker, Saturday Night, Playboy, Harper's and Vogue... - Don Dickinson, Blue Husbands
- Douglas GloverDouglas Glover (writer)Douglas Glover BA, M.Litt., MFA is a Canadian writer. He was raised on his family's tobacco farm just outside Waterford, Ontario...
, A Guide to Animal Behaviour - Terry GriggsTerry GriggsTerry Griggs is a Canadian author. Her book of short stories Quickening was a finalist at the 1991 Governor General's Awards and she won the Marian Engel Award in 2002. She presently lives in Stratford, Ontario, but has occasionally lived on Manitoulin Island since her youth...
, Quickening
Poetry
Winner:- Don McKayDon McKayDon McKay, CM is an award-winning Canadian poet, editor, and educator.Born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall, McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971...
, Night Field
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- Don DomanskiDon DomanskiDon Rusu Domanski is a Canadian poet who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Domanski was born and raised on Cape Breton Island. Published and reviewed internationally, his work has been translated into Czechoslovakian, Portuguese, and Spanish...
, Wolf-Ladder - Judith FitzgeraldJudith FitzgeraldJudith Ariana Fitzgerald is a Canadian poet and journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she attended York University . The award-winning poet, critic, and cultural commentarian published her first poem October 1970...
, Rapturous Chronicles - Patrick LanePatrick LanePatrick Lane is an award-winning Canadian poet. He has written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and is the author of the novel Red Dog, Red Dog.-Biography:...
, Mortal Remains - Anne MichaelsAnne Michaels-Background:Anne Michaels was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1958. Michaels attended Vaughan Road Academy and then later the University of Toronto, where she is an adjunct faculty in the Department of English. Her first book, The Weight of Oranges , a volume of poetry, was awarded the Commonwealth...
, Miner's Pond
Drama
Winner:- Joan MacLeod, Amigo's Blue Guitar
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- Sally ClarkSally Clark (playwright)Sally Clark is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker.-Career:After moving to Toronto in 1973, Sally Clark served as playwright/dramaturge for Theatre Passe Muraille, the Shaw Festival, Nakai Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Nightwood Theatre.Her plays have received two Dora Mavor Moore...
, The Trial of Judith K. - Don Druick, Where is Kabuki? Don Druick
- Linda GriffithsLinda GriffithsLinda Griffiths is a Canadian actor and playwright.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Griffiths studied at Dawson College, the National Theatre School for one year, and McGill University....
, The Darling Family - Daniel David MosesDaniel David MosesDaniel David Moses is a First Nations poet and playwright from Canada.Moses, of Delaware descent, was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations of the Grand River. He has an Honours BA from York University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Moses was the...
, Coyote City
Non-fiction
Winner:- Robert HunterRobert Hunter (author)Robert Hunter was an American sociologist and progressive author.-Early life:Robert Hunter was born on April 10, 1874 at Terre Haute, Indiana the middle of five children born over thirteen years to William Robert and Caroline “Callie” Hunter...
and Robert Calihoo, Occupied Canada: A Young White Man Discovers His Unsuspected Past
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- Northrop FryeNorthrop FryeHerman Northrop Frye, was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century....
, Words With Power - Kristjana GunnarsKristjana GunnarsKristjana Gunnars is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. Her volumes of poetry include Settlement Poems, which focuses on 19th century Icelandic settlers in Manitoba, and One-Eyed Moon Maps.-External links:...
, Zero Hour - D.L. MacDonald, Poor Polidori: A Critical Biography of the Author of "The Vampyre"
- Rosemary SullivanRosemary SullivanRosemary Sullivan is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist.Sullivan was born in the small town of Valois on Lac St. Louis, which is located just outside of Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from St. Thomas high school, she attended McGill University on a scholarship, and earned her...
, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart, A Life
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:- Sarah Ellis, Pick-Up Sticks
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- Martha BrooksMartha BrooksMartha Brooks is an award-winning, Canadian writer of plays, novels, and short fiction. Her young adult novel True Confessions of a Heartless Girl won the Governor General's Award for English language children's literature in 2002....
, Two Moons in August - Roch CarrierRoch CarrierRoch Carrier, OC is a Canadian novelist and author of "contes" . He is among the best known Quebec writers in English Canada....
, A Happy New Year's Day - Jean LittleJean LittleJean Little is a Canadian author born on January 2, 1932. Her work has mainly consisted of children's literature, but she has also written two autobiographies: Little by Little and Stars Come Out Within. Little has been partially blind since birth as a result of scars on her cornea and is...
, Stars Come Out Within - Monty ReidMonty Reid-Life:He graduated from the University of Alberta, with an M.A. He lived in Drumheller, Alberta and worked at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, and has worked at the Canadian Museum of Nature since 1999.-Works:* *...
, The Last Great Dinosaurs
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:- Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes
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- Kady MacDonald DentonKady MacDonald DentonKady MacDonald Denton is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was raised in Toronto...
, The Travelling Musicians - Michèle Lemieux, Peter and the Wolf
- Gilles PelletierGilles PelletierGilles Pelletier, OC is a Canadian actor. He is probably best known for his portrayal as Corporal Jacques Gagnier in the police drama R.C.M.P.. In 1964, he founded the Nouvelle Compagnie théâtrale, a live theatre for youths and served as director for fifteen years...
, A Happy New Year's Day - Jacquelinne White, Coyote Winter
Translation (from French to English)
Winner:- Albert W. Halsall, A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z
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- Linda GaboriauLinda GaboriauLinda Gaboriau is a Canadian dramaturg and literary translator who has translated some 100 plays and novels by Quebec writers, including many of the Quebec plays best known to English-speaking Canadian audiences....
, Lilies or the Revival of a Romantic Drama - Peter Keating, Physics and the Rise of Scientific Research in Canada
- Patricia Smart and Dorothy Howard, The Diary of André Laurendeau
Fiction
Winner:- André Brochu, La croix du Nord
Other Finalists:
- Flora Balzano, Soigne ta chute
- Georges-Hébert Germain , Christophe Colomb: Naufrage sur les côtes du paradis
- Hans-Jürgen Greif, L'Autre Pandore
- Hélène Rioux, Les Miroirs d'Éléonore
Poetry
Winner:- Madeleine Gagnon, Chant pour un Québec lointain
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- Claude Beausoleil, Une certaine fin de siècle
- François Charron, L'Intraduisible amour
- Herménégilde ChiassonHerménégilde Chiasson-External links:* entry in *...
, Vous - Rachel Leclerc Les vies frontalières
Drama
Winner:- Gilbert Dupuis, Mon oncle Marcel qui vague vague près du métro Berri
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- Victor-Lévy BeaulieuVictor-Lévy BeaulieuVictor-Lévy Beaulieu is a Québécois writer, playwright and editor.Born in Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, in the area of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu began primary school at Trois-Pistoles, moving later to Montréal-Nord.He began his public writing career at the Montreal weekly Perspectives,...
, La maison cassée - Michel Marc BouchardMichel Marc BouchardMichel Marc Bouchard is a gay Canadian playwright.Born in Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Quebec, he studied theatre at the University of Ottawa. Bouchard made his professional playwriting debut in 1983 and since then has written some 25 plays...
, L'Histoire de l'oie - Dominic Champagne, La répétition
- Suzanne Lebeau, Conte du jour et de la nuit
Non-fiction
Winner:- Bernard ArcandBernard ArcandBernard Arcand was a French-Canadian anthropologist. Author and communicator, he was a retired professor of the anthropology department of Laval University....
, Le Jaguar et le Tamanoir
Other Finalists:
- Betty Bednarski, Autour de Ferron : littérature, traduction, altérité
- Guy Bourgeault, L'Éthique et le droit : face aux nouvelles technologies biomédicales
- Jacques Jaffelin, Le Promeneur d'Einstein
- Robert MajorRobert MajorRobert Benoit Major was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was an administrator by career.-Elected Office:He was elected at the Argenteuil riding in...
, Jean Rivard ou l'art de réussir: idéologies et utopie dans l'oeuvre d'Antoine Gérin-Lajoie
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:- François Gravel, Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine
Other Finalists:
- Ginette Anfousse, Un terrible secret
- Johanne Mercier, L'Été des autres
- Daniel Sernine, Quatre destins
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:- Sheldon CohenSheldon CohenSheldon Cohen is the Robert E. Doherty Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the director of the Laboratory for the Study of Stress, Immunity and Disease...
, Un champion
Other Finalist:
- Stéphane Poulin, Un voyage pour deux : contes et mensonges de mon enfance
Translation (from English to French)
Winner:- Jean-Paul Sainte-Marie and Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan, Les Enfants d'Aataentsic: l'histoire du peuple huron
Other Finalists:
- Jean-Antonin Billard and Christine Le Boeuf, Orages électriques
- Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan, Le Canada au temps des aventuriers
- Michèle Marineau, Sur le rivage
- Colette Tonge, Un heureux canular