1999 governor general's awards

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

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

Matt Cohen, Elizabeth and After

Other Finalists:

Neil Bissoondath, The Worlds Within Her
Anne Fleming, Pool-hopping and Other Stories
Elyse Gasco, Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
Keith Maillard, Gloria

Poetry

Winner:

Jan Zwicky, Songs for Relinquishing the Earth

Other Finalists:

Lynn Davies, The Bridge that Carries the Road
Susan Goyette, The True Names of Birds
Richard Harrison, Big Breath of a Wish
Terence Young, The Island in Winter

Canadia

Drama

Winner:

Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy

Other Finalists:

Wendy Lill, Corker
Daniel MacIvor, Marion Bridge
Colleen Murphy, Beating Heart Cadaver
Theresa Tova, Still the Night

Non-fiction

Winner:

Marq de Villiers, Water

Other Finalists:

Donald Harman Akenson, Surpassing Wonder
Michael Bliss, William Osler
Wayson Choy, Paper Shadows
Wayne Johnston, Baltimore's Mansion - A Memoir

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

Don Gillmor, The Christmas Orange

Other Finalists:

Rachna Gilmore, A Screaming Kind of Day
Graham McNamee, Hate You
W.D. Valgardson, The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories
Frieda Wishinsky, Each One Special

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

Gary Clement, The Great Poochini

Other Finalists:

Rose Cowles, I Know an Old Laddie
Zhong-Yang Huang, Dragon New Year
Ludmila Zeman, Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights
Werner Zimmermann, Brave Highland Heart

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

Patricia Claxton, Gabrielle Roy: A Life

Other Finalists:

David Homel, Olivo Oliva
Nancy Huston, The Mark of the Angel
Lazer Lederhendler, The Sparrow has Cut the Day in Half
Donald Winkler, The World of the Gift

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

Lise Tremblay, La Danse juive

Other Finalists:

Hugues Corriveau, Le Ramasseur de souffle
Jacques Marchand, Les Vents dominants
Carole Mass, L'Ennemi
Gatan Soucy, La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes

Poetry

Winner:

Hermngilde Chiasson, Conversations

Other Finalists:

Claude Beausoleil, Le Chant du voyageur
Nicole Brossard, Muse de l'os et de l'eau
Carole David, La Maison d'Ophlie
Pierre Ouellet, Dieu sait quoi

Drama

Winner:

Jean-Marc Dalp, Il n'y a que l'amour

Other Finalists:

Carole Frchette, Les Sept Jours de Simon Labrosse
Ren Gingras, D'Avila
Michel Tremblay, Encore une fois, si vous permettez

Non-fiction

Winner:

Pierre Perrault, Le Mal du Nord

Other Finalists:

Anne laine Cliche, Dire le livre
Jean-Claude Dub, Le Chevalier de Montmagny - Premier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France
Franois-Marc Gagnon, Chronique du mouvement automatiste qubcois 1941-1954
Daniel Jacques, Nationalit et Modernit