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.
Jean-Louis Roux
Jean-Louis Roux, CC, CQ is a noted entertainer and playwright, senator, and briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Canada.-Biography:...
, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of 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...
on November 17 in Ottawa. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.
Fiction
- Diane SchoemperlenDiane SchoemperlenDiane Mavis Schoemperlen is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and educated at Lakehead University....
, Forms of Devotion - Lynn CoadyLynn Coady-Life and career:Coady grew up in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. After high school, she attended Carleton University in Ottawa; after graduating, she moved to New Brunswick, where she worked at odd jobs for several years and began a career as a playwright...
, Strange Heaven - Barbara GowdyBarbara GowdyBarbara Gowdy, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Born in Windsor, Ontario, she is the long-time partner of poet Christopher Dewdney and resides in Toronto.-Literary career:...
, The White BoneThe White BoneThe White Bone is a Canadian novel written by Barbara Gowdy and published by HarperCollins in 1999. Sometimes compared to Richard Adams's Watership Down, it is an adult fantasy story about animals—in this case, African elephants--in a realistic natural setting but given the ability to speak to one... - Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston (author)Wayne Johnston is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting.-Biography:...
, The Colony of Unrequited DreamsThe Colony of Unrequited DreamsThe Colony of Unrequited Dreams is a novel by Wayne Johnston, published on September 30, 1998 by Knopf Canada. Johnston's breakthrough work, the novel was a Canadian bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 1998 Giller Prize and the 1998 Governor General's Award for English fiction.In 2003, Justin... - Kerri SakamotoKerri SakamotoKerri Sakamoto is a Canadian novelist. Her novels commonly deal with the experience of Japanese Canadians.Sakamoto's debut novel, The Electrical Field , won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. It also won the Canada-Japan Literary Award and was a finalist for a Governor General’s...
, The Electrical Field
Poetry
- Stephanie BolsterStephanie BolsterStephanie Bolster is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec, and is a professor of creative writing at Concordia University. She was at one point a writer in residence at York House School.-Awards:...
, White Stone: The Alice Poems - Louise Bernice Halfe, Blue Marrow
- Michael OndaatjeMichael OndaatjePhilip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
, Handwriting - Lisa RobertsonLisa Robertson (poet)Lisa Robertson is a Canadian poet who is best known for a collection a poem entitled The Weather, which was inspired by the shipping forecasts announced on BBC radio. She currently lives in France.-Life:...
, Debbie: An Epic - Kathy ShaidleKathy ShaidleKathy Shaidle is a Canadian author, columnist, poet and blogger. A self-described "anarcho-peacenik" in the early years of her writing career, she moved to a conservative, Roman Catholic position following the attacks of September 11, 2001, and entered the public eye as the author of the popular...
, Lobotomy Magnificat
Drama
- Djanet SearsDjanet SearsDjanet Sears is a Canadian playwright, actor and director. She was born in 1959 in England, to a Guyanese father and a Jamaican mother. Sears was raised in England and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
, Harlem Duet - Bruce McManus, Selkirk Avenue
- Richard Sanger, Not Spain
- Sandra ShamasSandra ShamasSandra Shamas is a Canadian comedic actress and writer.The oldest of three children born to Lebanese immigrants, Shamas left home at age 17 and moved to Toronto, where she held a variety of jobs before a workshop at The Second City inspired her to pursue a career in performing arts...
, Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances - David YoungDavid Young (Canadian playwright)David Samuel D'Arcy Young is a Canadian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.Born in Oakville, Ontario, Young studied at the University of Western Ontario...
, Inexpressible Island
Non-fiction
- David Adams RichardsDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a B.A.. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and...
, Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi - Wayne GradyWayne Grady (author)Wayne Grady is a Canadian writer, editor, and translator; currently working as the science editor of Equinox.Grady won the 1989 Governor General's Award for French to English translation for On the Eighth Day, the John Glassco Prize for Literary Translation for Christopher Cartier of Hazelnut and...
, The Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming - Charlotte GrayCharlotte Gray (author)Charlotte Gray, CM is a Canadian historian and author.Born in Sheffield, England and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, Gray came to Canada in 1979. She worked for a number of years as a journalist, writing a regular column on national politics for Saturday Night and...
, Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King - Judy Schultz, Mamie's Children: Three Generations of Prairie Women
- Rudy WiebeRudy WiebeRudy Henry Wiebe, OC is a Canadian author and professor emeritus in the department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992.-Life:...
and Yvonne Johnson, Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman
Children's literature (text)
- Janet LunnJanet LunnJanet Louise Lunn, is a Canadian children's writer.Born in Dallas, Texas, she moved with her family to Vermont when she was an infant. In 1938, she moved again to the outskirts of New York, New York. In 1946, she came to Canada to attend Queen’s University and married a fellow student, Richard...
, The Hollow Tree - Gayle FriesenGayle FriesenGayle Friesen is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia. She is married with two children....
, Janey's Girl - Julie Johnston, The Only Outcast
- Janet McNaughton, Make or Break Spring
- Sarah Withrow, Bat Summer
Children's literature (illustration)
- 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...
, 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
Translation (from French to English)
- Sheila FischmanSheila FischmanSheila Leah Fischman, CM is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature....
, Bambi and Me - Arnold Bennett, Voltaire's Man in America
- David Homel, The Second Fiddle
- Daniel SloateDaniel SloateDaniel Sloate was a Canadian translator, poet and playwright.Sloate attended the University of Western Ontario and obtained a doctorate in French literature from the Sorbonne...
, Aknos and Other Poems
Fiction
- Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme
- Marie-Célie AgnantMarie-Célie AgnantMarie-Célie Agnant is a French-speaking Quebecer, who has lived in Canada since 1970.a writer of poems, novels and novellas, she has also published children's books. She is also a storyteller and occasionally appears with the Bread & Puppet Theater of Vermont. Her works have been translated into...
, Le Silence comme le sang - Madeleine Gagnon, Le Deuil du soleil
- Nancy HustonNancy HustonNancy Louise Huston, OC is a Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.-Biography:...
, L'Empreinte de l'ange - Pierre Samson, Un garçon de compagnie
Poetry
- Suzanne JacobSuzanne JacobSuzanne Jacob is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic.Born in the town of Amos, in the Abitibi region of Québec, she studied classics at the Collège Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Nicolet, and also attended classes at the "Atelier de theatre" and the "École de...
, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune - Hugues Corriveau, Le Livre du frère
- Hélène DorionHélène DorionHélène Dorion, OC, CQ is a Canadian poet, and writer.-Life:Dorion taught literature before heading Publisher Noroît from 1991 until 2000...
, Les Murs de la grotte - Christine Richard, L'Eau des oiseaux
- Michel van Schendel, Bitumes
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
Non-fiction
- Pierre NepveuPierre NepveuPierre Nepveu is a famous French Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. He specializes in Quebec modern poetry, in particular that of Gaston Miron...
, 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 RobinRégine RobinRégine Robin is a historian, novelist, translator and professor of sociology. Her prolific fiction and non-fiction, primarily on the themes of identity and culture and on the sociological practice of literature, have earned a number of awards, including the Governor-General's Award in 1986...
, Le Golem de l'écriture : De l'autofiction au Cybersoi - Patricia Smart, Les Femmes du Refus global
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
Children's literature (illustration)
- Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois
- Stéphane Poulin, Petit zizi
- Alain Reno, Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures
- YayoYayoYayo can refer to:*A misspelling of a slang term for cocaine, also spelled "yeyo", from the Spanish term "llello"* José Carlos Guridi, an Argentine economist, actor, humorist and entertainer, mostly known for his work on the Argentine TV Show Videomatch and its subsequent re-boot, Showmatch.*...
, Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel
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