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1992 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars 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:
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:
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:
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:
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
Last updated: 06-21-2005 10:58:06
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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