The winners of the 1998 Governor General's 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 received a cheque for $10,000. Jean-Louis Roux (born May 18, 1923) is a noted entertainer and playwright, senator, and briefly Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. ... The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, was introduced by Parliament in 1957. ...

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

Lynn Coady (b. ... Barbara Gowdy, born in 1950 in Canada, is a novelist. ... Wayne Johnston (born in Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador in 1958) is a Canadian writer. ... Kerri Sakamoto is a Canadian novelist. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems

Other Finalists: Stephanie Bolster is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec, and is a professor of creative writing at Concordia University. ...

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

Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943) is a Canadian author. ...

Drama

Winner:

• Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet

Other Finalists: Djanet Sears is a Canadian playwright, actor and director. ...

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

Sandra Shamas (born 1957 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian comedic actress and writer. ...

Nonfiction

Winner:

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

Other Finalists: David Adams Richards (born 1950) is a Canadian author. ...

• 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

Rudy Henry Wiebe (born 4 October 1934) is a Canadian author and professor emeritus, Department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992. ...

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: Sheila Leah Fischman (born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1937) is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature. ...

• 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

Nancy Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian-born author who writes primarily in French. ...

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

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 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. ... 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 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 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 1969 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...