1983 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1983 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

1 English Language
2 French Language
3 Other Governor General's Awards:

[edit] English Language

[edit] Fiction

Winner:

Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog

Other Finalists:

Philip Kreiner, People Like Us In a Place Like This
H.R. Percy, Painted Ladies
Susan Swan, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World

[edit] Poetry

Winner:

David Donnell, Settlements

Other Finalists:

Christopher Dewdney, Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82
Don McKay, Birding, or Desire
Anne Szumigalski, Doctrine of Signatures

[edit] Drama

Winner:

Anne Chislett, Quiet in the Land

Other Finalists:

None

[edit] Non-fiction

Winner:

Jeffery Williams, Byng of Vimy

Other Finalists:

Ken Dryden, The Game
H.S. Ferns, Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History

[edit] French Language

[edit] Fiction

Winner:

Suzanne Jacob, Laura Laur

Other Finalists:

Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, Discours de Samm
France Ducasse, Du lieu des voyages
Carole Massé, L'Existence
Francine Noël, Maryse
Suzanne Robert, Vulpera

[edit] Poetry

Winner:

Suzanne Paradis, Un goût de sel

Other Finalists:

Claude Beausoleil, Une certaine fin de siècle: Poésie 1973-1983
Hugues Corriveau, Revoir le rouge
Denis Vanier, Rejet de prince

[edit] Drama

Winner:

René Gingras, Syncope

Other Finalists:

Michelle Allen, La passion de Juliette
René-Daniel Dubois, 26 bis, impasse du Colonel Foisy

[edit] Non-fiction

Winner:

Maurice Cusson, Le contrôle social du crime

Other Finalists:

Clermont Dugas, Les régions périphériques: défi au développement du Québec
Jacques Michon, Émile Nelligan: les racines du rêve
François Rousseau, L'oeuvre de chère en Nouvelle-France. Le régime des malades à l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec