1983 Governor General's Awards

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Fiction

Winner:

Leon Rooke , ''Shakespeare's Dog''

Other Finalists:

Philip Kreiner , ''People Like Us In a Place Like This''

H.R. Percy , ''Painted Ladies''

Susan Swan , ''The Biggest Modern Woman of the World''

Poetry

Winner:

David Donnell , ''Settlements''

Other Finalists:

Christopher Dewdney , ''Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82''

Don McKay , ''Birding, or Desire''

Anne Szumigalski , ''Doctrine of Signatures''

Drama

Winner:

Anne Chislett , ''Quiet in the Land''

Other Finalists:

None

Non-fiction

Winner:

Jeffery Williams , ''Byng of Vimy''

Other Finalists:

Ken Dryden , ''The Game''

H.S. Ferns , ''Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History''

FRENCH LANGUAGE

Fiction

Winner:

Suzanne Jacob , ''Laura Laur''

Other Finalists:

Victor-Lévy Beaulieu , ''Discours de Samm''

France Ducasse , ''Du lieu des voyages''

Carole Massé , ''L'Existence''

Francine Noël , ''Maryse''

Suzanne Robert , ''Vulpera''

Poetry

Winner:

Suzanne Paradis , ''Un goût de sel''

Other Finalists:

Claude Beausoleil , ''Une certaine fin de siècle: Poésie 1973-1983''

Hugues Corriveau , ''Revoir le rouge''

Denis Vanier , ''Rejet de prince''

Drama

Winner:

René Gingras , ''Syncope''

Other Finalists:

Michelle Allen , ''La passion de Juliette''

René-Daniel Dubois , ''26 bis, impasse du Colonel Foisy''

Non-fiction

Winner:

Maurice Cusson , ''Le contrôle social du crime''

Other Finalists:

Clermont 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''

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1983 Governor General's Awards