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1980 Governor General's Awards

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Fiction

Winner:

George Bowering , ''Burning Water''

Other Finalists:

Susan Musgrave , ''The Charcoal Burners''

Leon Rooke , ''Fat Woman''

Poetry and Drama

Winner:

Stephen Scobie , ''McAlmon's Chinese Opera''

Other Finalist:

Douglas Lochhead , ''High March Road''

Non-fiction

Winner:

Jeffrey Simpson , ''Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration''

Other Finalists:

John Fraser , ''The Chinese: Portrait of a People''

Donald MacKay , ''Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector''

FRENCH LANGUAGE

Fiction

Winner:

Pierre Turgeon , ''La première personne''

Other Finalists:

Gilbert LaRocque , ''Les masques''

Hélène Ouvrard , ''La noyante''

Poetry and Drama

Winner:

Michel Van Schendel , ''De l'oeil et de l'écoute''

Other Finalists:

Nicole Brossard , ''Amantes''

Gilles Cyr , ''Ce lieu''

Non-fiction

Winner:

Maurice Champagne-Gilbert , ''La famille et l'homme à délivrer du pouvoir''

Other Finalists:

Jean-Luc Hétu , ''Croissance humaine et instinct spirituel''

Yvan Lamonde , ''La philosophie et son enseignement au Québec''

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