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1992 Governor General's Awards
Canadian literary award
Canadian literary award
Each winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received C$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
| Category | Winner | Nominated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/158516084/ | title=Ondaatje wins Governor-General's Award, denounces GST in speech | first=Mark | last=Abley | work=The Gazette | date=December 1, 1992 | access-date=November 6, 2024 | page=15 | via=Newspapers.com}} | |
| Non-fiction | '*Maggie Siggins, *Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm''''' | |||||||||
| Poetry | '*Lorna Crozier, *Inventing the Hawk''''' | |||||||||
| Drama | '*John Mighton, *Possible Worlds* and *A Short History of Night''''' | |||||||||
| Children's literature | '*Julie Johnston, *Hero of Lesser Causes''''' | |||||||||
| Children's illustration | '*Ron Lightburn, *Waiting for the Whales''''' | |||||||||
| French to English translation | '*Fred A. Reed, *Imagining the Middle East'''* (Thierry Hentsch, *L'Orient imaginaire'') |
French Language
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | '*Anne Hébert, *L'enfant chargé de songes''''' | |
| Non-fiction | '*Pierre Turgeon, *La Radissonie. Le pays de la baie James''''' | |
| Poetry | '*Gilles Cyr, *Andromède attendra''''' | |
| Drama | '*Louis-Dominique Lavigne, *Les petits orteils''''' | |
| Children's literature | '*Christiane Duchesne, *Victor''''' | |
| Children's illustration | '*Gilles Tibo, *Simon et la ville de carton''''' | |
| English to French translation | '*Jean Papineau, *La mémoire postmoderne'''* (Mark A. Cheetham, *Remembering Postmodernism: Trends in Recent Canadian Art'') |
References
References
- Abley, Mark. (December 1, 1992). "Ondaatje wins Governor-General's Award, denounces GST in speech". [[The Gazette (Montreal).
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