1997 Governor General's Awards

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter

Other Finalists:

• Sandra Birdsell, The Two-Headed Calf
• Matt Cohen[?], Last Seen
• Elizabeth Hay[?], Small Change
• Eric McCormack[?], First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

Poetry Winner:

• Dionne Brand, Land to Light On

Other Finalists:

• Marilyn Bowering, Autobiography
• Patrick Friesen[?], A Broken Bowl
• Carole Glasser Langille[?], In Cannon Cave
• Don McKay[?], Apparatus

Drama

Winner:

• Ian Ross[?], fareWel

Other Finalists:

• Maureen Hunter[?], Atlantis
• Lee MacDougall[?], High Life
• Jason Sherman[?], Reading Hebron
• Judith Thompson[?], Sled

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Rachel Manley[?], Drumblair - Memories of a Jamaican Childhood

Other Finalists:

• Wade Davis[?], One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
• Catherine Dunphy[?], Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero
• Terry Glavin[?], This Ragged Place - Travels Across the Landscape
• Blair Stonechild[?] and Bill Waiser[?], Loyal till Death - Indians and the North-West Rebellion

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Kit Pearson[?], Awake and Dreaming

Other Finalists:

• Cheryl Foggo[?], One Thing That's True
• James Heneghan[?], Wish Me Luck
• Teddy Jam[?], The Fishing Summer
• Barbara Nichol[?], Dippers

Children's Literature - Illustrations

Winner:

• Barbara Reid[?], The Party

Other Finalists:

• Blair Drawson[?], Flying Dimitri
• Marie-Louise Gay[?], Rumpelstiltskin
• Robin Muller[?], The Angel Tree
• Ludmila Zeman[?], The First Red Maple Leaf

Translation - French to English

Winner:

• Howard Scott[?], The Euguelion

Other Finalists:

• Jane Brierley[?], Canadians of Old
• Patricia Claxton[?], Baroque at Dawn
• David Homel[?], A Drifting Year
• Nancy Huston, The Goldberg Variations

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Aude[?], Cet imperceptible mouvement

Other Finalists:

• Bernard Assiniwi[?], La Saga des Béothuks
• Lise Bissonnette[?], Quittes et Doubles - Scènes de réciprocité
• Pierre Morency[?], La Vie entière - Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde
• Pierre Ouellet[?], Légende dorée

Poetry

Winner:

• Pierre Nepveu[?], Romans-fleuves

Other Finalists:

• Nicole Brossard, Vertige de l'avant-scène
• Serge Legagneur[?], Poèmes choisis, 1961-1997
• Paul Chanel Malenfant[?], Fleuves
• Hélène Monette[?], Plaisirs et Paysages kitsch

Drama

Winner:

• Yvan Bienvenue[?], Dits et Inédits

Other Finalists:

• Jasmine Dubé[?], La Bonne Femme
• Marie-Line Laplante[?], Une tache sur la lune
• Robert Marinier[?], L'Insomnie
• Larry Tremblay[?], Ogre - Cornemuse

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Roland Viau[?], Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes - Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne

Other Finalists:

• Fernand Dumont[?], Une foi partagée
• Yolande Geadah[?], Femmes voilées, intégrismes démasqués
• Alain Bernard Marchand[?], Tintin au pays de la ferveur
• François Ricard[?], Gabrielle Roy - Une vie

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Michel Noël[?], Pien

Other Finalists:

• Dominique Demers[?], Maïna, tomes 1 et 2
• Agathe Génois[?], Sarah, je suis là!
• Jacques Godbout[?], Une leçon de chasse
• Maryse Pelletier[?], Une vie en éclats

Children's Literature - Illustrations

Winner:

• Stéphane Poulin[?], Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée

Other Finalists:

• Leanne Franson[?], L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette
• Stéphane Jorisch[?], Casse-Noisette
• Gilles Tibo[?], Simon et le petit cirque

Translation - English to French

Winner:

• Marie José Thériault[?], Arracher les montagnes

Other Finalists:

• François Barcelo[?], La Face cachée des pierres
• Nicole Côté[?], Verre de tempête
• Pierrot Lambert[?], L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine

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