1998 Governor General's Awards

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Diane Schoemperlen[?], Forms of Devotion

Other Finalists:

• Lynn Coady, Strange Heaven
• Barbara Gowdy, White Bone
• Wayne Johnston[?], The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
• Kerri Sakamoto[?], The Electrical Field

Poetry

Winner:

• Stephanie Bolster[?], White Stone: The Alice Poems

Other Finalists:

• Louise Bernice Halfe[?], Blue Marrow
• Michael Ondaatje, Handwriting
• Lisa Robertson[?], Debbie: An Epic
• Kathy Shaidle[?], Lobotomy Magnificat

Drama

Winner:

• Djanet Sears[?], Harlem Duet

Other Finalists:

• Bruce McManus[?], Selkirk Avenue
• Richard Sanger[?], Not Spain
• Sandra Shamas[?], Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances
• David Young[?], Inexpressible Island

Nonfiction

Winner:

• David Adams Richards, Lines on the Water - A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi

Other Finalists:

• Wayne Grady[?], The Quiet Limit of the World - A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming
• Charlotte Gray[?], Mrs. King - The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King
• Judy Schultz[?], Mamie's Children - Three Generations of Prairie Women
• Rudy Wiebe[?] and Yvonne Johnson[?], Stolen Life - The Journey of a Cree Woman

Children's Literature - Text Winner:

• Janet Lunn[?], The Hollow Tree

Other Finalists:

• Gayle Friesen[?], Janey's Girl
• Julie Johnston[?], The Only Outcast
• Janet McNaughton[?], Make or Break Spring
• Sarah Withrow[?], Bat Summer

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Kady MacDonald Denton[?], A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

Other Finalists:

• 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)

Winner:

• Sheila Fischman[?], Bambi and Me

Other Finalists:

• Arnold Bennett[?], Voltaire's Man in America
• David Homel[?], The Second Fiddle
• Daniel Sloate[?], Aknos and Other Poems

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Christiane Frenette[?], La Terre ferme

Other Finalists:

• Marie-Célie Agnant[?], Le Silence comme le sang
• Madeleine Gagnon[?], Le Deuil du soleil
• Nancy Huston, L'Empreinte de l'ange
• Pierre Samson[?], Un garçon de compagnie

Poetry

Winner:

• Suzanne Jacob[?], La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune

Other Finalists:

• Hugues Corriveau[?], Le Livre du frère
• Hélène Dorion[?], Les Murs de la grotte
• Christine Richard[?], L'Eau des oiseaux
• Michel van Schendel[?], Bitumes

Drama

Winner:

• François Archambault[?], 15 secondes

Other Finalists:

• Serge Boucher[?], Motel Hélène
• Olivier Choinière[?], Le Bain des raines
• Carole Fréchette[?], La Peau d'Élisa
• Suzanne Lebeau[?], L'Ogrelet

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Pierre Nepveu[?], Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques

Other Finalists:

• 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 Robin[?], Le Golem de l'écriture : De l'autofiction au Cybersoi
• Patricia Smart[?], Les Femmes du Refus global

Children's Literature -- Text

Winner:

• Angèle Delaunois[?], Variations sur un même &laqno;t'aime»

Other Finalists:

• 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

Winner:

• Pierre Pratt[?], Monsieur Ilétaitunefois

Other Finalists:

• Stéphane Poulin[?], Petit zizi
• Alain Reno[?], Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures
• Yayo[?], Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

• Charlotte Melançon[?], Les Sources du moi - La Formation de l'identité moderne

Other Finalists:

• Paule Noyart[?], Leonard Cohen - Le Canadien errant
• Hélène Rioux[?], Self

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