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1998 Governor General's Awards

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The winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17 in Ottawa.[1] Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.[2]

English

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion
Non-fiction Blue ribbon David Adams Richards, Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi
  • Wayne Grady, The Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming
  • Charlotte Gray, Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King
  • Judy Schultz, Mamie's Children: Three Generations of Prairie Women
  • Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson, Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman
Poetry Blue ribbon Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
Drama Blue ribbon Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet
Children's literature Blue ribbon Janet Lunn, The Hollow Tree
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
French to English translation Blue ribbon Sheila Fischman, Bambi and Me

French

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Pierre Nepveu, Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques
  • Chantal Bouchard, La Langue et le Nombril : Histoire d'une obsession québécoise
  • Marcel Olscamp, Le Fils du notaire Jacques Ferron 1921-1949 : Genèse intellectuelle d'un écrivain
  • Régine Robin, Le Golem de l'écriture : De l'autofiction au Cybersoi
  • Patricia Smart, Les Femmes du Refus global
Poetry Blue ribbon Suzanne Jacob, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune
Drama Blue ribbon François Archambault, 15 secondes
Children's literature Blue ribbon Angèle Delaunois, Variations sur un même «t'aime»
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois
English to French translation Blue ribbon Charlotte Melançon, Les Sources du moi : La Formation de l'identité moderne

References

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  1. ^ Anne-Marie Tobin, "Kingston author savours literary award". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 18, 1998.
  2. ^ "Montrealers deluge list of nominees". Montreal Gazette, October 21, 1998.