- 1980 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1980 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:
*George Bowering , "Burning Water"Other Finalists:
*Susan Musgrave , "The Charcoal Burners"
*Leon Rooke , "Fat Woman"Poetry and Drama
Winner:
*Stephen Scobie , "McAlmon's Chinese Opera"Other Finalist:
*Douglas Lochhead , "High Marsh Road"Non-fiction
Winner:
*Jeffrey Simpson , "Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration"Other Finalists:
*John Fraser, "The Chinese: Portrait of a People"
*Donald MacKay , "Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector"French Language
Fiction
Winner:
*Pierre Turgeon , "La première personne"Other Finalists:
*Gilbert LaRocque , "Les masques"
*Hélène Ouvrard , "La noyante"Poetry and Drama
Winner:
*Michel Van Schendel , "De l'oeil et de l'écoute"Other Finalists:
*Nicole Brossard , "Amantes"
*Gilles Cyr , "Ce lieu"Non-fiction
Winner:
*Maurice Champagne-Gilbert , "La famille et l'homme à délivrer du pouvoir"Other Finalists:
*Jean-Luc Hétu , "Croissance humaine et instinct spirituel"
*Yvan Lamonde , "La philosophie et son enseignement au Québec"Other
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