1998 Governor General's Awards
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 17th in Ottawa. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion
- Lynn Coady, Strange Heaven
- Barbara Gowdy, White Bone
- Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
- Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field
Poetry
Winner:
- Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
- Louise Bernice Halfe, Blue Marrow
- Michael Ondaatje, Handwriting
- Lisa Robertson, Debbie: An Epic
- Kathy Shaidle, Lobotomy Magnificat
Drama
Winner:
- Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet
- Bruce McManus, Selkirk Avenue
- Richard Sanger, Not Spain
- Sandra Shamas, Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances
- David Young, Inexpressible Island
Nonfiction
Winner:
- 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
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:- Janet Lunn, The Hollow Tree
- Gayle Friesen, Janey's Girl
- Julie Johnston, The Only Outcast
- Janet McNaughton, Make or Break Spring
- Sarah Withrow, Bat Summer
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
- Victor Bosson, The Fox's Kettle
- Harvey Chan, Music for the Tsar of the Sea
- Zhong-Yang Huang, The Great Race
- Stéphane Jorisch, The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories
Translation (from French to English)
Winner:
- Sheila Fischman, Bambi and Me
- Arnold Bennett, Voltaire's Man in America
- David Homel, The Second Fiddle
- Daniel Sloate, Aknos and Other Poems
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme
- Marie-Célie Agnant, Le Silence comme le sang
- Madeleine Gagnon, Le Deuil du soleil
- Nancy Huston, L'Empreinte de l'ange
- Pierre Samson, Un garçon de compagnie
Poetry
Winner:
- Suzanne Jacob, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune
- Hugues Corriveau, Le Livre du frère
- Hélène Dorion, Les Murs de la grotte
- Christine Richard, L'Eau des oiseaux
- Michel van Schendel, Bitumes
Drama
Winner:
- François Archambault, 15 secondes
- Serge Boucher, Motel Hélène
- Olivier Choinière, Le Bain des raines
- Carole Fréchette, La Peau d'Élisa
- Suzanne Lebeau, L'Ogrelet
Nonfiction
Winner:
- 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
Children's Literature -- Text
Winner:
- Angèle Delaunois, Variations sur un même &laqno;t'aime»
- Guy Dessureault, Lettre de Chine
- Daniel Mativat, Terreur sur la Windigo
- Danielle Rochette, La Fugue d'Antoine
- Hélène Vachon, Le Cinéma de Somerset
Children's Literature -- Illustration
Winner:
- Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois
- Stéphane Poulin, Petit zizi
- Alain Reno, Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures
- Yayo, Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel
Translation (English to French)
Winner:
- Charlotte Melançon, Les Sources du moi - La Formation de l'identité moderne
- Paule Noyart, Leonard Cohen - Le Canadien errant
- Hélène Rioux, Self
Other Governor General's Awards:
2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936
