1997 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 18th by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.

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"