1983 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 Each winner of the 1983 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. English CategoryPast GGBooks winners and finalists https://ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists 2025-09-02 Governor General's Literary Awards enWinnerNominated Fiction Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's DogPhilip Kreiner, People Like Us in a Place Like This H. R. Percy, Painted Ladies Susan Swan, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World Non-fiction Jeffery Williams, Byng of VimyKen Dryden, The Game H. S. Ferns, Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History Poetry David Donnell, SettlementsChristopher Dewdney, Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82 Don McKay, Birding, or Desire Anne Szumigalski, Doctrine of Signatures Drama Anne Chislett, Quiet in the LandNo advance shortlist was released for this category."Governor-General's Awards 22 authors named finalists". The Globe and Mail, May 19, 1984. French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Suzanne Jacob, Laura LaurVictor-Lévy Beaulieu, Discours de Samm France Ducasse, Du lieu des voyages Carole Massé, L'Existence Francine Noël, Maryse Suzanne Robert, Vulpera Non-fiction Maurice Cusson, Le contrôle social du crimeClermont Dugas, Les régions périphériques: défi au développement du Québec Jacques Michon, Émile Nelligan: les racines du rêve François Rousseau, L'oeuvre de chère en Nouvelle-France. Le régime des malades à l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Poetry Suzanne Paradis, Un goût de selClaude Beausoleil, Une certaine fin de siècle: Poésie 1973-1983 Hugues Corriveau, Revoir le rouge Denis Vanier, Rejet de prince Drama René Gingras, SyncopeMichelle Allen, La passion de Juliette René-Daniel Dubois, 26 bis, impasse du Colonel Foisy References Category:Governor General's Awards Governor Generals Awards, 1983 Governor Category:1983 awards in Canada