1993 Governor General's Awards

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries

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 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

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