1992 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $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 Language

Fiction

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Other Finalists:

Poetry

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Drama

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Non-fiction

Winner:

  • Maggie Siggins, Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm

Other Finalists:

  • Michael 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

Children's Literature – Text

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Children's Literature – Illustration

Winner:

  • Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales

Other Finalists:

  • Eric Beddows, Zoom Upstream
  • Suzanne Duranceau, Hickory, Dickory, Dock
  • Maryann Kovalski, The Big Storm
  • Mireille Levert, When Jeremiah Found Mrs. Ming

Translation (from French to English)

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Other Finalists:

  • Neil B. Bishop, Death of the Spider
  • Sheila Fischman, Felicity's Fool
  • Luise von Flotow, Deathly Delights
  • Agnes Whitfield, Divine Diva

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:

  • Lise Bissonnette, Marie suivait l'été
  • Louis Lefebvre, Guanahani
  • Gilles Pellerin, Je reviens avec la nuit
  • Louise Simard, La très noble demoiselle

Poetry

Winners:

  • Gilles Cyr, Andromède attendra

Other Finalists:

  • Paul 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

Winner:

  • Louis-Dominique Lavigne, Les petits orteils

Other Finalists:

  • Dominic Champagne, La cité interdite
  • Robert Claing, Anna
  • Marie Laberge, Pierre ou la consolation
  • Marthe Mercure, Tu faisais comme un appel

Non-fiction

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Children's Literature – Text

Winner:

Other Finalists:

  • Linda 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 Literature – Illustration

Winner:

  • Gilles Tibo, Simon et la ville de carton

Other Finalists:

  • Honey Fox, Le bébé de Lulu
  • Pierre Pratt, Léon sans son chapeau
  • Daniel Sylvestre, Mais qui va trouver le trésor?

Translation (from English to French)

Winner:

  • Jean Papineau, La mémoire postmoderne

Other Finalists:

  • Marie-Luce Constant, Les princes marchands
  • Hervé Juste, Le Canada aux enchères
  • Michèle Marineau, Le monde merveilleux de Marigold
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