1999 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux[?], Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson[?], Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16th at the National Library of Canada[?]. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.

English Language Fiction

Winner:

• Matt Cohen[?], Elizabeth and After

Other Finalists:

• Neil Bissoondath, The Worlds Within Her
• Anne Fleming[?], Pool-hopping and Other Stories
• Elyse Gasco[?], Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
• Keith Maillard[?], Gloria

Poetry

Winner:

• Jan Zwicky[?], Songs for Relinquishing the Earth

Other Finalists:

• Lynn Davies[?], The Bridge that Carries the Road
• Susan Goyette[?], The True Names of Birds
• Richard Harrison[?], Big Breath of a Wish
• Terence Young[?], The Island in Winter

Drama

Winner:

• Michael Healey[?], The Drawer Boy

Other Finalists:

• Wendy Lill[?], Corker
• Daniel MacIvor[?], Marion Bridge
• Colleen Murphy[?], Beating Heart Cadaver
• Theresa Tova[?], Still the Night

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Marq de Villiers[?], Water

Other Finalists:

• Donald Harman Akenson[?], Surpassing Wonder
• Michael Bliss[?], William Osler
• Wayson Choy, Paper Shadows
• Wayne Johnston[?], Baltimore's Mansion - A Memoir

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Don Gillmor[?], The Christmas Orange

Other Finalists:

• Rachna Gilmore[?], A Screaming Kind of Day
• Graham McNamee[?], Hate You
• W.D. Valgardson[?], The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories
• Frieda Wishinsky[?], Each One Special

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Gary Clement[?], The Great Poochini

Other Finalists:

• Rose Cowles[?], I Know an Old Laddie
• Zhong-Yang Huang[?], Dragon New Year
• Ludmila Zeman[?], Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights
• Werner Zimmermann[?], Brave Highland Heart

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

• Patricia Claxton[?], Gabrielle Roy: A Life

Other Finalists:

• David Homel[?], Olivo Oliva
• Nancy Huston, The Mark of the Angel
• Lazer Lederhendler[?], The Sparrow has Cut the Day in Half
• Donald Winkler[?], The World of the Gift

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Lise Tremblay[?], La Danse juive

Other Finalists:

• Hugues Corriveau[?], Le Ramasseur de souffle
• Jacques Marchand[?], Les Vents dominants
• Carole Massé[?], L'Ennemi
• Gaétan Soucy[?], La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes

Poetry

Winner:

• Herménégilde Chiasson[?], Conversations

Other Finalists:

• Claude Beausoleil[?], Le Chant du voyageur
• Nicole Brossard, Musée de l'os et de l'eau
• Carole David[?], La Maison d'Ophélie
• Pierre Ouellet[?], Dieu sait quoi

Drama

Winner:

• Jean-Marc Dalpé[?], Il n'y a que l'amour

Other Finalists:

• Carole Fréchette[?], Les Sept Jours de Simon Labrosse
• René Gingras[?], D'Avila
• Michel Tremblay, Encore une fois, si vous permettez

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Pierre Perrault[?], Le Mal du Nord

Other Finalists:

• Anne Élaine Cliche[?], Dire le livre
• Jean-Claude Dubé[?], Le Chevalier de Montmagny - Premier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France
• François-Marc Gagnon[?], Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécois 1941-1954
• Daniel Jacques[?], Nationalité et Modernité

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Charlotte Gingras[?], La Liberté? Connais pas...

Other Finalists:

• Agathe Génois[?], Adieu, vieux lézard!
• Andrée-Anne Gratton[?], Le Message du biscuit chinois
• Sylvie Nicolas[?], Célestine Motamo
• Raymond Plante[?], Marilou Polaire et l'iguane des neiges

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Stéphane Jorish[?], Charlotte et l'île du destin

Other Finalists:

• Nicole Lafond[?], Contes pour enfants
• Michèle Lemieux[?], Nuit d'orage
• Luc Melanson[?], La Petite Kim
• Pierre Pratt[?], La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

• Jacques Brault[?], Transfiguration

Other Finalists:

• Charlotte Melançon[?], Réflexions d'un frère siamois
• Marie José Thériault[?], Ours

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