1980 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1980 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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[edit] English Language

[edit] Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:

[edit] Poetry and Drama

Winner:

Other Finalist:

[edit] Non-fiction

Winner:

  • Jeffrey Simpson, Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration

Other Finalists:

  • John Fraser, The Chinese: Portrait of a People
  • Donald MacKay, Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector

[edit] French Language

[edit] Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:

  • Gilbert LaRocque, Les masques
  • Hélène Ouvrard, La noyante

[edit] Poetry and Drama

Winner:

  • Michel Van Schendel, De l'oeil et de l'écoute

Other Finalists:

[edit] Non-fiction

Winner:

  • Maurice Champagne-Gilbert, La famille et l'homme à délivrer du pouvoir

Other Finalists:

  • Jean-Luc Hétu, Croissance humaine et instinct spirituel
  • Yvan Lamonde, La philosophie et son enseignement au Québec

[edit] Other Governor General's Awards:

Languages