1992 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 November 2024 Each winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received C$10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Michael Ondaatje, The English Patienthttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/158516084/ Ondaatje wins Governor-General's Award, denounces GST in speech Mark Abley The Gazette December 1, 1992 November 6, 2024 15 Newspapers.comSandra Birdsell, The Chrome Suite Archie Crail, The Bonus Deal John Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright Sheila Watson, Deep Hollow Creek Non-fiction Maggie Siggins, Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan FarmMichael Bliss, Plague: A Story of Smallpox in Montreal Ken Cuthbertson, Inside: The Biography of John Gunther Michael R. Marrus, Mr. Sam: The Life and Times of Samuel Bronfman Poetry Lorna Crozier, Inventing the HawkEvelyn Lau, Oedipal Dreams Laura Lush, Hometown Steve McCaffery, Theory of Sediment Kathleen McCracken, Blue Light, Bay and College Drama John Mighton, Possible Worlds and A Short History of NightDaniel Brooks and Guillermo Verdecchia, The Noam Chomsky Lectures Dave Carley, Writing With Our Feet Judith Thompson, Lion in the Streets Dianne Warren, Serpent in the Night Sky Children's literature Julie Johnston, Hero of Lesser CausesMargaret Buffie, My Mother's Ghost John Ibbitson, 1812: Jeremy and the General Thomas King, A Coyote Columbus Story Kit Pearson, Looking at the Moon Children's illustration Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the WhalesEric Beddows, Zoom Upstream Suzanne Duranceau, Hickory, Dickory, Dock Maryann Kovalski, The Big Storm Mireille Levert, When Jeremiah Found Mrs. Ming French to English translation Fred A. Reed, Imagining the Middle East (Thierry Hentsch, L'Orient imaginaire)Neil B. Bishop, Death of the Spider (Michèle Mailhot, La mort de l'araignée) Sheila Fischman, Felicity's Fool (François Gravel, Bonheur fou) Luise von Flotow, Deathly Delights (Anne Dandurand, L'Assassin de l'intérieur / Diables d'espoir) Agnes Whitfield, Divine Diva (Daniel Gagnon, Venite a cantare) French Language CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Anne Hébert, L'enfant chargé de songesLise Bissonnette, Marie suivait l'été Louis Lefebvre, Guanahani Gilles Pellerin, Je reviens avec la nuit Louise Simard, La très noble demoiselle Non-fiction Pierre Turgeon, La Radissonie. Le pays de la baie JamesGilles Boileau, Le silence des Messieurs. Oka, terre indienne Jean Marcel, Pensées, passions et proses Pierre Morency, Lumière des oiseaux Louis Sabourin, Passion d'être, désir d'avoir Poetry Gilles Cyr, Andromède attendraPaul Bélanger, Retours suivi de Minuit, l'aube Yves Boisvert, La balance du vent Pierre Ouellet, Fonds suivi de Faix Jean-Noël Pontbriand, Lieux – Passages Drama Louis-Dominique Lavigne, Les petits orteilsDominic Champagne, La cité interdite Robert Claing, Anna Marie Laberge, Pierre ou la consolation Marthe Mercure, Tu faisais comme un appel Children's literature Christiane Duchesne, VictorLinda Brousseau, Coups durs pour une sorcière Dominique Demers, Un hiver de tourmente Esther Rochon, L'ombre et le cheval Daniel Sernine, Les rêves d'Argus Children's illustration Gilles Tibo, Simon et la ville de cartonHoney Fox, Le bébé de Lulu Pierre Pratt, Léon sans son chapeau Daniel Sylvestre, Mais qui va trouver le trésor? English to French translation Jean Papineau, La mémoire postmoderne (Mark A. Cheetham, Remembering Postmodernism: Trends in Recent Canadian Art)Marie-Luce Constant, Les princes marchands (Peter C. Newman, Company of Adventurers) Hervé Juste, Le Canada aux enchères (Linda McQuaig, The Quick and the Dead) Michèle Marineau, Le monde merveilleux de Marigold (Lucy Maud Montgomery, Magic for Marigold) References Category:Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Category:1992 awards in Canada