1981 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts
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Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
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Poetry
Winner:- F.R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F.R. Scott
Other Finalists:
- Alfred BaileyAlfred BaileyAlfred Goldsworthy Bailey, was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.-Life:...
, Miramichi Lightning: Collected Poems - Barry McKinnonBarry McKinnonBarry Benjamin McKinnon is a Canadian poet.Born in Calgary, Alberta, he taught English at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia.-Bibliography:* The Golden Daybreak Hair. Toronto, ON: Aliquondo Press, 1967....
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Drama
Winner:- Sharon PollockSharon PollockSharon Pollock is a Canadian playwright, actor, director, who lives in Calgary, Alberta. She has been Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary , Theatre New Brunswick and Performance Kitchen & The Garry Theatre, the latter which she herself founded in 1992. In 2007, she was made a Fellow of the Royal...
, Blood Relations
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- Charles Tidler, Straight Ahead and Blind Dancers
- George F. WalkerGeorge F. WalkerGeorge F. Walker, CM is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. He is one of Canada's most prolific playwrights, and also one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally.-Early years:...
, Theatre of the Film Noir
Non-fiction
Winner:- George Calef, Caribou and the barren-lands
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- Claude BissellClaude BissellClaude Thomas Bissell, was a Canadian author and educator.-Biography:He was the eighth president of the University of Toronto from 1958 to 1971. He played a major part in the expansion of the University of Toronto, tripling the size of the university during his tenure.He was born in Meaford,...
, The Young Vincent Massey - Elspeth CameronElspeth CameronElspeth MacGregor Cameron is a Canadian writer known for her biographies of noted Canadian literary figures such as Irving Layton and Earle Birney. Her biography of Hugh MacLennan, Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life, was nominated for a Governor General's Award. She has also published a volume of...
, Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life
Fiction
Winner:- Denys Chabot, La province lunaire
Other Finalists:
- Noël Audet, Ah, l'amour l'amour
- Aline Beaudin Beaupré, L'aventure de Blanche Morti
- Louis Caron, Le canard de bois
Drama
Winner:- Marie Laberge, C'était avant la guerre à l'anse à Gilles
Other Finalist:
- Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Vie et mort du Roi Boiteux
Non-fiction
Winner:- Madeleine Ouellette-MichalskaMadeleine Ouellette-MichalskaMadeleine Ouellette-Michalska is a Canadian writer from Quebec.She studied Arts in University of Montreal, University of Quebec and University of Sherbrooke, where she received a PhD degree in 1987...
, L'échappée des discours de l'oeil
Other Finalists:
- Maurice Cusson, Délinquants pourquoi?
- Andrée Pilon-Quiviger, L'éden éclaté