1997 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 18 by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.[1]

English
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Rachel Manley, Drumblair – Memories of a Jamaican Childhood
  • Wade Davis, One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
  • Catherine Dunphy, Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero
  • Terry Glavin, This Ragged Place – Travels Across the Landscape
  • Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser, Loyal till Death – Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Poetry Blue ribbon Dionne Brand, Land to Light On
Drama Blue ribbon Ian Ross, FareWel
Children's literature Blue ribbon Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Barbara Reid, The Party
French to English translation Blue ribbon Howard Scott, The Euguelion

French
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Aude, Cet imperceptible mouvement
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Roland Viau, Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne
  • Fernand Dumont, Une foi partagée
  • Yolande Geadah, Femmes voilées, intégrismes démasqués
  • Alain Bernard Marchand, Tintin au pays de la ferveur
  • François Ricard, Gabrielle Roy – Une vie
Poetry Blue ribbon Pierre Nepveu, Romans-fleuves
Drama Blue ribbon Yvan Bienvenue, Dits et Inédits
Children's literature Blue ribbon Michel Noël, Pien
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Stéphane Poulin, Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée
English to French translation Blue ribbon Marie José Thériault, Arracher les montagnes
  • François Barcelo, La Face cachée des pierres
  • Nicole Côté, Verre de tempête
  • Pierrot Lambert, L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine

References
  1. Robert Reid, "Jane Urquhart wins Governor General's Award for fiction". Waterloo Region Record, November 19, 1997.
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