1999 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, chairman, and Shirley Thomson, director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16 at the National Library of Canada. Each winner received a cheque for CA$10,000.

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Matt Cohen, Elizabeth and After[1]
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Marq de Villiers, Water[1]
Poetry Blue ribbon Jan Zwicky, Songs for Relinquishing the Earth[1]
Drama Blue ribbon Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy[1]
Children's literature Blue ribbon Rachna Gilmore, A Screaming Kind of Day[4]
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Gary Clement, The Great Poochini[4]
  • Rose Cowles, I Know an Old Laddie[3]
  • Zhong-Yang Huang, Dragon New Year[3]
  • Ludmila Zeman, Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights[3]
  • Werner Zimmermann, Brave Highland Heart[3]
French to English translation Blue ribbon Patricia Claxton, Gabrielle Roy: A Life (François Ricard, Gabrielle roy, une vie)[4]

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Lise Tremblay, La Danse juive[4]
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Pierre Perrault, Le Mal du Nord[1]
  • Anne Élaine Cliche, Dire le livre
  • Jean-Claude Dubé, Le Chevalier de Montmagny: Premier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France
  • François-Marc Gagnon, Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécois 1941-1954
  • Daniel Jacques, Nationalité et Modernité
Poetry Blue ribbon Herménégilde Chiasson, Conversations[4]
Drama Blue ribbon Jean-Marc Dalpé, Il n'y a que l'amour[4]
Children's literature Blue ribbon Charlotte Gingras, La Liberté? Connais pas...[4]
  • Agathe Génois, Adieu, vieux lézard!
  • Andrée-Anne Gratton, Le Message du biscuit chinois
  • Sylvie Nicolas, Célestine Motamo
  • Raymond Plante, Marilou Polaire et l'iguane des neiges
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Stéphane Jorisch, Charlotte et l'île du destin[4]
  • Nicole Lafond, Contes pour enfants
  • Michèle Lemieux, Nuit d'orage
  • Luc Melanson, La Petite Kim
  • Pierre Pratt, La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul
English to French translation Blue ribbon Jacques Brault, Transfiguration (E. D. Blodgett, Transfiguration)[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Matt Cohen wins G-G for an idea he 'wished he hadn't had'". The Globe and Mail, November 17, 1999.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "G-G awards shortlist gets shorter: Winners announced today". National Post, November 16, 1999.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Nominee list". Hamilton Spectator, October 20, 1999.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Literary winners applaud cultural funding at Governor General's Awards". Waterloo Region Record, November 17, 1999.
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