1992 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 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.
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Sandra Birdsell, The Chrome Suite
- Archie Crail, The Bonus Deal
- John Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright
- Sheila Watson, Deep Hollow Creek
Poetry
Winner:
- Lorna Crozier, Inventing the Hawk
Other Finalists:
- Evelyn Lau, Oedipal Dreams
- Laura Lush, Hometown
- Steve McCaffery, Theory of Sediment
- Kathleen McCracken, Blue Light, Bay and College
Drama
Winner:
- John Mighton, Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night
Other Finalists:
- Daniel Brooks and Guillermo Verdecchia, The Noam Chomsky Lectures
- Dave Carley, Writing With Our Feet
- Judith Thompson, Lion in the Streets
- Dianne Warren, Serpent in the Night Sky
Non-fiction
Winner:
- Maggie Siggins, Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm
Other Finalists:
- Michael Bliss, Plague: A Story of Smallpox in Montreal
- Ken Cuthbertson, Inside: The Biography of John Gunther
- Michael R. Marrus, Mr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel Bronfman
Children's Literature – Text
Winner:
- Julie Johnston, Hero of Lesser Causes
Other Finalists:
- Margaret Buffie, My Mother's Ghost
- John Ibbitson, 1812: Jeremy and the General
- Thomas King, A Coyote Columbus Story
- Kit Pearson, Looking at the Moon
Children's Literature – Illustration
Winner:
- Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales
Other Finalists:
- Eric Beddows, Zoom Upstream
- Suzanne Duranceau, Hickory, Dickory, Dock
- Maryann Kovalski, The Big Storm
- Mireille Levert, When Jeremiah Found Mrs. Ming
Translation (from French to English)
Winner:
- Fred A. Reed, Imagining the Middle East
Other Finalists:
- Neil B. Bishop, Death of the Spider
- Sheila Fischman, Felicity's Fool
- Luise von Flotow, Deathly Delights
- Agnes Whitfield, Divine Diva
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Anne Hébert, L'enfant chargé de songes
Other Finalists:
- Lise Bissonnette, Marie suivait l'été
- Louis Lefebvre, Guanahani
- Gilles Pellerin, Je reviens avec la nuit
- Louise Simard, La très noble demoiselle
Poetry
Winners:
- Gilles Cyr, Andromède attendra
Other Finalists:
- Paul Bélanger, Retours suivi de Minuit, l'aube
- Yves Boisvert, La balance du vent
- Pierre Ouellet, Fonds suivi de Faix
- Jean-Noël Pontbriand, Lieux – Passages
Drama
Winner:
- Louis-Dominique Lavigne, Les petits orteils
Other Finalists:
- Dominic Champagne, La cité interdite
- Robert Claing, Anna
- Marie Laberge, Pierre ou la consolation
- Marthe Mercure, Tu faisais comme un appel
Non-fiction
Winner:
- Pierre Turgeon, La Radissonie. Le pays de la baie James
Other Finalists:
- Gilles Boileau, Le silence des Messieurs. Oka, terre indienne
- Jean Marcel, Pensées, passions et proses
- Pierre Morency, Lumière des oiseaux
- Louis Sabourin, Passion d'être, désir d'avoir
Children's Literature – Text
Winner:
- Christiane Duchesne, Victor
Other Finalists:
- Linda Brousseau, Coups durs pour une sorcière
- Dominique Demers, Un hiver de tourmente
- Esther Rochon, L'ombre et le cheval
- Daniel Sernine, Les rêves d'Argus
Children's Literature – Illustration
Winner:
- Gilles Tibo, Simon et la ville de carton
Other Finalists:
- Honey Fox, Le bébé de Lulu
- Pierre Pratt, Léon sans son chapeau
- Daniel Sylvestre, Mais qui va trouver le trésor?
Translation (from English to French)
Winner:
- Jean Papineau, La mémoire postmoderne
Other Finalists:
- Marie-Luce Constant, Les princes marchands
- Hervé Juste, Le Canada aux enchères
- Michèle Marineau, Le monde merveilleux de Marigold
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