1984 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1984 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Contents 1 English Language 1.1 Fiction 1.2 Poetry 1.3 Drama 1.4 Non-fiction 2 French Language 2.1 Fiction 2.2 Poetry 2.3 Drama 2.4 Non-fiction 3 Other Governor General's Awards

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Josef Skvorecky, The Engineer of Human Souls

Other Finalists:

• Timothy Findley, Not Wanted on the Voyage
• Susan Kerslake, The Book of Fears
• Audrey Thomas, Intertidal Life

Poetry

Winner:

• Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation

Other Finalists:

• Roo Borson, The Whole Night, Coming Home
• Marilyn Bowering, The Sunday before Winter
• David McFadden, The Art of Darkness
• Sharon Thesen, Confabulations
• Peter van Toorn, Mountain Tea

Drama

Winner:

• Judith Thompson, White Biting Dog

Other Finalists:

• James Reaney, The Canadian Brothers or The Prophecy Fulfilled
• George Ryga, A Letter to My Son

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Sandra Gwyn, The Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier

Other Finalists:

• Bob Beal and Rod Macleod, Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion
• Graham Fraser, P.Q.: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois in Power

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Jacques Brault, Agonie

Other Finalists:

• Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, La Maison Trestler
• Jacques Poulin, Volkswagen Blues
• Jacques Savoie, Les Portes tournantes
• Marie José Thériault, Les Demoiselles de Numidie

Poetry

Winner:

• Nicole Brossard, Double Impression

Other Finalists:

• Michel Beaulieu, Kaléidoscope
• André Roy, Les sept jours de la jouissance
• Elise Turcotte, Navires de guerre

Drama

Winner:

• René-Daniel Dubois, Ne blâmez jamais les Bédouins

Other Finalists:

• Gilbert Dupuis, Les Transporteurs de monde
• Marcel Sabourin, Pleurer pour rire
• Michel Tremblay, Albertine en cinq temps

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Jean Hamelin and Nicole Gagnon, Le XXe Siècle: Histoire du catholicisme québécois

Other Finalists:

• Luc Bureau, Entre l'Éden et l'Utopie
• Philippe Haeck, La Table d'écriture: poéthique et modernité

Other Governor General's Awards

Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit English-language awards Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1937–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration French to English translation French-language awards Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1959–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration English to French translation Awards by year 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011