1993 Governor General's Awards Explained

Each winner of the 1993 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada.[1] The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[2]

English

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Fiction Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries
Non-fiction Karen Connelly, Touch the Dragon
Poetry Don Coles, Forests of the Medieval World
Drama Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas
Children's literature Tim Wynne-Jones, Some of the Kinder Planets
Children's illustration Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming
  • Scott Cameron, Beethoven Lives Upstairs
  • Marc Mongeau, There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen!
  • Russ Willms, Brewster Rooster
  • Leo Yerxa, Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall
French to English translation D. G. Jones, Categorics One, Two and Three

French

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Fiction Nancy Huston, Cantique des plaines
Non-fiction François Paré, Les Littératures de l'exiguïté
  • Léon Dion, Québec 1945–2000 : Les intellectuels et le temps de Duplessis
  • Maurice Lemire, Formation de l'imaginaire littéraire au Québec 1764–1867
  • Jean Terrasse, De Mentor à Orphée
  • Andrée Yanacopoulo, Hans Selye ou la Cathédrale du stress
Poetry Denise Desautels, Le Saut de l'ange
Drama Daniel Danis, Celle-là
Children's literature Michèle Marineau, La Route de Chlifa
Children's illustration Stéphane Jorisch, Le Monde selon Jean de ...
  • Francis Back, Des crayons qui trichent
  • Michel Bisson, Thomas et la nuit
  • Sheldon Cohen, Le Plus Long Circuit
  • François Vaillancourt, Le Premier Voyage de Monsieur Patapoum
English to French translation Marie José Thériault, L'Oeuvre du Gallois
  • Hervé Juste, Histoire de la sécurité sociale au Canada
  • Charlotte Melançon, Grandeur et misère de la modernité

Notes and References

  1. "This time, Stone Diaries on top: Governor General's award atones for loss in Booker". Windsor Star, November 17, 1993.
  2. "Shields in running for Governor General Award; Nomination comes just after Booker Prize loss". Halifax Daily News, October 29, 1993.