1992 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received C$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

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient[1]
Non-fiction Maggie Siggins, Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm[1]
Poetry Lorna Crozier, Inventing the Hawk[1]
Drama John Mighton, Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night
Children's literature Julie Johnston, Hero of Lesser Causes
Children's illustration Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales
French to English translation Fred A. Reed, Imagining the Middle East (Thierry Hentsch, L'Orient imaginaire)

French Language

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Anne Hébert, L'enfant chargé de songes
  • Lise Bissonnette, Marie suivait l'été
  • Louis Lefebvre, Guanahani
  • Gilles Pellerin, Je reviens avec la nuit
  • Louise Simard, La très noble demoiselle
Non-fiction Pierre Turgeon, La Radissonie. Le pays de la baie James
Poetry Gilles Cyr, Andromède attendra
  • 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 Louis-Dominique Lavigne, Les petits orteils
  • Dominic Champagne, La cité interdite
  • Robert Claing, Anna
  • Marie Laberge, Pierre ou la consolation
  • Marthe Mercure, Tu faisais comme un appel
Children's literature Christiane Duchesne, Victor
Children's illustration Gilles Tibo, Simon et la ville de carton
  • Honey Fox, Le bébé de Lulu
  • Pierre Pratt, Léon sans son chapeau
  • Daniel Sylvestre, Mais qui va trouver le trésor?
English to French translation Jean Papineau, La mémoire postmoderne (Mark A. Cheetham, Remembering Postmodernism: Trends in Recent Canadian Art)

References

  1. ^ a b c Abley, Mark (December 1, 1992). "Ondaatje wins Governor-General's Award, denounces GST in speech". The Gazette. p. 15. Retrieved November 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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