Each winner of the 1991 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) général(e) is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). ... The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, was introduced by Parliament in 1957. ...

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey

Other Finalists: Rohinton Mistry (born July 3, 1952) is a Parsee author. ...

• Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips
• Don Dickinson, Blue Husbands
• Douglas Glover, A Guide to Animal Behaviour
• Terry Griggs, Quickening

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, one of the worlds best-selling authors, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Don McKay, Night Field

Other Finalists: Don MacKay (born 1942) is a Canadian poet who lives in Victoria, British Columbia. ...

• Don Domanski, Wolf-Ladder
• Judith Fitzgerald, Rapturous Chronicles
• Patrick Lane, Mortal Remains
• Anne Michaels, Miner's Pond

Don Domansky (born 1950) is a Canadian poet who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Judith Fitzgerald ia a Canadian poet who lives in Sundridge, Ontario. ... Patrick Lane (born March 26, 1939, Nelson, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet. ... Anne Michaels (born 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist. ...

Drama

Winner:

• Joan MacLeod, Amigo's Blue Guitar

Other Finalists:

• Sally Clark, The Trial of Judith K.
• Don Druick, Where is Kabuki? Don Druick
• Linda Griffiths, The Darling Family
• Daniel David Moses, Coyote City

Daniel David Moses (born 1952) at Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations lands along the Grand River. ...

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Robert Hunter and Robert Calihoo, Occupied Canada: A Young White Man Discovers His Unsuspected Past

Other Finalists:

• Northrop Frye, Words With Power
• Kristjana Gunnars, Zero Hour
• D.L. MacDonald, Poor Polidori: A Critical Biography of the Author of "The Vampyre"
• Rosemary Sullivan, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart, A Life

Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 - January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic, one of the most distinguished of the 20th century. ...

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Sarah Ellis, Pick-Up Sticks

Other Finalists:

• Martha Brooks, Two Moons in August
• Roch Carrier, A Happy New Year's Day
• Jean Little, Stars Come Out Within
• Monty Reid, The Last Great Dinosaurs

Roch Carrier (born May 13, 1937) is a celebrated French-Canadian novelist and author of contes (a very brief form of the short story). ...

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes

Other Finalists:

• Kady MacDonald Denton, The Travelling Musicians
• Michèle Lemieux, Peter and the Wolf
• Gilles Pelletier, A Happy New Year's Day
• Jacquelinne White, Coyote Winter

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

• Albert W. Halsall, A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z

Other Finalists:

• Linda Gaboriau, Lilies or the Revival of a Romantic Drama
• Peter Keating, Physics and the Rise of Scientific Research in Canada
• Patricia Smart and Dorothy Howard, The Diary of André Laurendeau

Linda Gaboriau is a Canadian playwright and literary translator. ...

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• André Brochu, La croix du Nord

Other Finalists:

• Flora Balzano, Soigne ta chute
• Georges-Hébert Germain , Christophe Colomb: Naufrage sur les côtes du paradis
• Hans-Jürgen Greif, L'Autre Pandore
• Hélène Rioux, Les Miroirs d'Éléonore

Poetry

Winner:

• Madeleine Gagnon, Chant pour un Québec lointain

Other Finalists:

• Claude Beausoleil, Une certaine fin de siècle
• François Charron, L'Intraduisible amour
• Herménégilde Chiasson, Vous
• Rachel Leclerc Les vies frontalières

Dr. Herménégilde Chiasson (born St. ...

Drama

Winner:

• Gilbert Dupuis, Mon oncle Marcel qui vague vague près du métro Berri

Other Finalists:

• Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, La maison cassée
• Michel Marc Bouchard, L'Histoire de l'oie
• Dominic Champagne, La répétition
• Suzanne Lebeau, Conte du jour et de la nuit

Michel Marc Bouchard is an openly gay Canadian playwright. ...

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Bernard Arcand, Le Jaguar et le Tamanoir

Other Finalists:

• Betty Bednarski, Autour de Ferron : littérature, traduction, altérité
• Guy Bourgeault, L'Éthique et le droit : face aux nouvelles technologies biomédicales
• Jacques Jaffelin, Le Promeneur d'Einstein
• Robert Major, Jean Rivard ou l'art de réussir: idéologies et utopie dans l'oeuvre d'Antoine Gérin-Lajoie

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• François Gravel, Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine

Other Finalists:

• Ginette Anfousse, Un terrible secret
• Johanne Mercier, L'Été des autres
• Daniel Sernine, Quatre destins

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Sheldon Cohen, Un champion

Other Finalist:

• Stéphane Poulin, Un voyage pour deux : contes et mensonges de mon enfance

Translation (from English to French)

Winner:

• Jean-Paul Sainte-Marie and Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan, Les Enfants d'Aataentsic: l'histoire du peuple huron

Other Finalists:

• Jean-Antonin Billard and Christine Le Boeuf, Orages électriques
• Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan, Le Canada au temps des aventuriers
• Michèle Marineau, Sur le rivage
• Colette Tonge, Un heureux canular

Other Governor General's Awards:

2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936 Since their creation in 1937, the Governor Generals Literary Awards have become one of Canadas most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Childrens Literature-Text, Childrens Literature-Illustration, and Translation. ... The nominees for the 2004 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 26. ... The 2001 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14. ... The 2000 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall. ... The winners of the 1998 Governor Generals Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17th in Ottawa. ... Each winner of the 1994 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1993 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1992 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1989 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1986 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1983 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1980 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1979 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1969 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1966 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...