- 1983 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1983 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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:
*NoneNon-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"Other
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