1999 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARDS

The winners of the '1999 Canadian Governor General's Literary Awards' were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16th at the National Library of Canada. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.

Contents

English Language

Fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Children's Literature - Text

Children's Literature - Illustration

Translation (from French to English)

French Language

Fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Children's Literature - Text

Children's Literature - Illustration

Translation (English to French)

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

★ Matt Cohen, ''Elizabeth and After''
Other Finalists:

★ Neil Bissoondath, ''The Worlds Within Her''

★ Anne Fleming, ''Pool-hopping and Other Stories''

★ Elyse Gasco, ''Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?''

★ Keith Maillard, ''Gloria''

Poetry

Winner:

★ Jan Zwicky, ''Songs for Relinquishing the Earth''
Other Finalists:

★ Lynn Davies, ''The Bridge that Carries the Road''

★ Susan Goyette, ''The True Names of Birds''

★ Richard Harrison, ''Big Breath of a Wish''

★ Terence Young, ''The Island in Winter''
Canadia

Drama

Winner:

★ Michael Healey, ''The Drawer Boy''
Other Finalists:

★ Wendy Lill, ''Corker''

★ Daniel MacIvor, ''Marion Bridge''

★ Colleen Murphy, ''Beating Heart Cadaver''

★ Theresa Tova, ''Still the Night''

Non-fiction

Winner:

★ Marq de Villiers, ''Water''
Other Finalists:

★ Donald Harman Akenson, ''Surpassing Wonder''

★ Michael Bliss, ''William Osler''

★ Wayson Choy, ''

★ Wayne Johnston, ''Baltimore's Mansion - A Memoir''

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

★ Rachna Gilmore, ''A Screaming Kind of Day''
Other Finalists:

★ Don Gillmor, ''The Christmas Orange''

★ Graham McNamee, ''Hate You''

★ W.D. Valgardson, ''The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories''

★ Frieda Wishinsky, ''Each One Special''

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

★ Gary Clement, ''The Great Poochini''
Other Finalists:

★ Rose Cowles, ''I Know an Old Laddie''

★ Zhong-Yang Huang, ''Dragon New Year''

★ Ludmila Zeman, ''Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights''

★ Werner Zimmermann, ''Brave Highland Heart''

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

★ Patricia Claxton, ''Gabrielle Roy: A Life''
Other Finalists:

★ David Homel, ''Olivo Oliva''

★ Nancy Huston, ''The Mark of the Angel''

★ Lazer Lederhendler, ''The Sparrow has Cut the Day in Half''

★ Donald Winkler, ''The World of the Gift''

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

★ Lise Tremblay, ''La Danse juive''
Other Finalists:

★ Hugues Corriveau, ''Le Ramasseur de souffle''

★ Jacques Marchand, ''Les Vents dominants''

★ Carole Massé, ''L'Ennemi''

★ Gaétan Soucy, ''La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes''

Poetry

Winner:

★ Herménégilde Chiasson, ''Conversations''
Other Finalists:

★ Claude Beausoleil, ''Le Chant du voyageur''

★ Nicole Brossard, ''Musée de l'os et de l'eau''

★ Carole David, ''La Maison d'Ophélie''

★ Pierre Ouellet, ''Dieu sait quoi''

Drama

Winner:

★ Jean-Marc Dalpé, ''Il n'y a que l'amour''
Other Finalists:

★ Carole Fréchette, ''Les Sept Jours de Simon Labrosse''

★ René Gingras, ''D'Avila''

★ Michel Tremblay, ''Encore une fois, si vous permettez''

Non-fiction

Winner:

★ Pierre Perrault, ''Le Mal du Nord''
Other Finalists:

★ Anne Élaine Cliche, ''Dire le livre''

★ Jean-Claude Dubé, ''Le Chevalier de Montmagny - Premier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France''

★ François-Marc Gagnon, ''Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécois 1941-1954''

★ Daniel Jacques, ''Nationalité et Modernité''

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

★ Charlotte Gingras, ''La Liberté? Connais pas...''
Other Finalists:

★ Agathe Génois, ''Adieu, vieux lézard!''

★ Andrée-Anne Gratton, ''Le Message du biscuit chinois''

★ Sylvie Nicolas, ''Célestine Motamo''

★ Raymond Plante, ''Marilou Polaire et l'iguane des neiges''

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

★ Stéphane Jorish, ''Charlotte et l'île du destin''
Other Finalists:

★ Nicole Lafond, ''Contes pour enfants''

★ Michèle Lemieux, ''Nuit d'orage''

★ Luc Melanson, ''La Petite Kim''

★ Pierre Pratt, ''La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul''

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

★ Jacques Brault, ''Transfiguration''
Other Finalists:

★ Charlotte Melançon, ''Réflexions d'un frère siamois''

★ Marie José Thériault, ''Ours''
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