1991 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1991 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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Poetry

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Drama

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Non-fiction

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  • Robert Hunter and Robert Calihoo, Occupied Canada: A Young White Man Discovers His Unsuspected Past

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Children's Literature – Text

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Children's Literature – Illustration

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Translation (from French to English)

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  • Albert W. Halsall, A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z

Other Finalists:

  • Linda Gaboriau, Lilies or the Revival of a Romantic Drama
  • Peter Keating, Physics and the Rise of Scientific Research in Canada
  • Patricia Smart and Dorothy Howard, The Diary of André Laurendeau

French Language

Fiction

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Other Finalists:

  • Flora Balzano, Soigne ta chute
  • Georges-Hébert Germain, Christophe Colomb: Naufrage sur les côtes du paradis
  • Hans-Jürgen Greif, L'Autre Pandore
  • Hélène Rioux, Les Miroirs d'Éléonore

Poetry

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Drama

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  • Gilbert Dupuis, Mon oncle Marcel qui vague vague près du métro Berri

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Non-fiction

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  • Betty Bednarski, Autour de Ferron : littérature, traduction, altérité
  • Guy Bourgeault, L'Éthique et le droit : face aux nouvelles technologies biomédicales
  • Jacques Jaffelin, Le Promeneur d'Einstein
  • Robert Major, Jean Rivard ou l'art de réussir: idéologies et utopie dans l'oeuvre d'Antoine Gérin-Lajoie

Children's Literature – Text

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Children's Literature – Illustration

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Translation (from English to French)

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  • Jean-Paul Sainte-Marie and Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan, Les Enfants d'Aataentsic: l'histoire du peuple huron

Other Finalists:

  • Jean Antonin Billard and Christine Le Boeuf, Orages électriques
  • Brigitte Chabert Hacikyan, Le Canada au temps des aventuriers
  • Michèle Marineau, Sur le rivage
  • Colette Tonge, Un heureux canular

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