1992 Governor General's Awards

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

Other Finalists:

• Sandra Birdsell, The Chrome Suite
• Archie Crail[?], The Bonus Deal
• John Steffler[?], The Afterlife of George Cartwright
• Sheila Watson[?], Deep Hollow Creek

Poetry

Winner:

• Lorna Crozier, Inventing the Hawk

Other Finalists:

• Evelyn Lau[?], Oedipal Dreams
• Laura Lush[?], Hometown
• Steve McCaffery[?], Theory of Sediment
• Kathleen McCracken[?], Blue Light, Bay and College

Drama

Winner:

• John Mighton[?], Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night

Other Finalists:

• Daniel Brooks[?] and Guillermo Verdecchia[?], The Noam Chomsky Lectures
• Dave Carley[?], Writing With Our Feet
• Judith Thompson[?], Lion in the Streets
• Dianne Warren[?], Serpent in the Night Sky

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Maggie Siggins[?], Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm

Other Finalists:

• Michael Bliss[?], Plague: A Story of Smallpox in Montreal
• Ken Cuthbertson[?], Inside: The Biography of John Gunther
• Michael R. Marrus[?], Mr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel Bronfman

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Julie Johnston[?], Hero of Lesser Causes

Other Finalists:

• Margaret Buffie, My Mother's Ghost
• John Ibbitson[?], 1812: Jeremy and the General
• Thomas King[?], A Coyote Columbus Story
• Kit Pearson[?], Looking at the Moon

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Ron Lightburn[?], Waiting for the Whales

Other Finalists:

• Eric Beddows[?], Zoom Upstream
• Suzanne Duranceau[?], Hickory, Dickory, Dock
• Maryann Kovalski[?], The Big Storm
• Mireille Levert[?], When Jeremiah Found Mrs. Ming

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

• Fred A. Reed[?], Imagining the Middle East

Other Finalists:

• Neil B. Bishop[?], Death of the Spider
• Sheila Fischman[?], Felicity's Fool
• Luise von Flotow[?], Deathly Delights
• Agnes Whitfield[?], Divine Diva

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Anne Hébert[?], L'enfant chargé de songes

Other Finalists:

• Lise Bissonnette[?], Marie suivait l'été
• Louis Lefebvre[?], Guanahani
• Gilles Pellerin[?], Je reviens avec la nuit
• Louise Simard[?], La très noble demoiselle

Poetry

Winners:

• Gilles Cyr[?], Andromède attendra

Other Finalists:

• Paul Bélanger[?], Retours suivi de Minuit, l'aube
• Yves Boisvert[?], La balance du vent
• Pierre Ouellet[?], Fonds suivi de Faix
• Jean-Noël Pontbriand[?], Lieux - Passages

Drama

Winner:

• Louis-Dominique Lavigne[?], Les petits orteils

Other Finalists:

• Dominic Champagne[?], La cité interdite
• Robert Claing[?], Anna
• Marie Laberge[?], Pierre ou la consolation
• Marthe Mercure[?], Tu faisais comme un appel

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Pierre Turgeon[?], La Radissonie. Le pays de la baie James

Other Finalists:

• Gilles Boileau[?], Le silence des Messieurs. Oka, terre indienne
• Jean Marcel[?], Pensées, passions et proses
• Pierre Morency[?], Lumière des oiseaux
• Louis Sabourin[?], Passion d'être, désir d'avoir

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Christiane Duchesne[?], Victor

Other Finalists:

• Linda Brousseau[?], Coups durs pour une sorcière
• Dominique Demers[?], Un hiver de tourmente
• Esther Rochon[?], L'ombre et le cheval
• Daniel Sernine[?], Les rêves d'Argus

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Gilles Tibo[?], Simon et la ville de carton

Other Finalists:

• Honey Fox[?], Le bébé de Lulu
• Pierre Pratt[?], Léon sans son chapeau
• Daniel Sylvestre[?] , Mais qui va trouver le trésor?

Translation (from English to French)

Winner:

• Jean Papineau[?], La mémoire postmoderne

Other Finalists:

• Marie-Luce Constant[?], Les princes marchands
• Hervé Juste[?], Le Canada aux enchères
• Michèle Marineau[?], Le monde merveilleux de Marigold

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