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, ""
*Wayne Johnston, "Baltimore's Mansion - A Memoir"

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:
*Rachna Gilmore, "A Screaming Kind of Day"

Other Finalists:
*Don Gillmor, "The Christmas Orange"
*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 Massé, "L'Ennemi"
*Gaétan Soucy, "La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes"

Poetry

Winner:
*Herménégilde Chiasson, "Conversations"

Other Finalists:
*Claude Beausoleil, "Le Chant du voyageur"
*Nicole Brossard, "Musée de l'os et de l'eau"
*Carole David, "La Maison d'Ophélie"
*Pierre Ouellet, "Dieu sait quoi"

Drama

Winner:
*Jean-Marc Dalpé, "Il n'y a que l'amour"

Other Finalists:
*Carole Fréchette, "Les Sept Jours de Simon Labrosse"
*René Gingras, "D'Avila"
*Michel Tremblay, "Encore une fois, si vous permettez"

Non-fiction

Winner:
*Pierre Perrault, "Le Mal du Nord"

Other Finalists:
*Anne Élaine Cliche, "Dire le livre"
*Jean-Claude Dubé, "Le Chevalier de Montmagny - Premier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France"
*François-Marc Gagnon, "Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécois 1941-1954"
*Daniel Jacques, "Nationalité et Modernité"

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:
*Charlotte Gingras, "La Liberté? Connais pas..."

Other Finalists:
*Agathe Génois, "Adieu, vieux lézard!"
*Andrée-Anne Gratton, "Le Message du biscuit chinois"
*Sylvie Nicolas, "Célestine Motamo"
*Raymond Plante, "Marilou Polaire et l'iguane des neiges"

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:
*Stéphane Jorish, "Charlotte et l'île du destin"

Other Finalists:
*Nicole Lafond, "Contes pour enfants"
*Michèle Lemieux, "Nuit d'orage"
*Luc Melanson, "La Petite Kim"
*Pierre Pratt, "La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul"

Translation (English to French)

Winner:
*Jacques Brault, "Transfiguration"

Other Finalists:
*Charlotte Melançon, "Réflexions d'un frère siamois"
*Marie José Thériault, "Ours"