1983 Governor General's Awards
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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
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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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Fiction
Winner:- Leon RookeLeon RookeLeon Rooke, CM is a Canadian novelist. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina in the United States. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he moved to Canada in 1969. He now lives in Toronto, Ontario....
, Shakespeare's Dog
Other Finalists:
- Philip Kreiner, People Like Us In a Place Like This
- H.R. Percy, Painted Ladies
- Susan SwanSusan SwanSusan Swan is a Canadian author. Born in Midland, Ontario, she studied at McGill University. Her list of works includes The Wives of Bath , and What Casanova Told Me . The Wives of Bath was made into the film Lost and Delirious in 2001, starring Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, and Mischa Barton...
, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World
Poetry
Winner:- David DonnellDavid DonnellDavid Donnell Donnell moved to Toronto in 1958 before publishing his first book. Poems , During this period Donnell frequented the Bohemian Embassy, where Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Milton Acorn, and other poets estabhsh their reputations...
, Settlements
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- Christopher DewdneyChristopher DewdneyChristopher Dewdney is a Canadian writer and poet.He was born in London, Ontario, and presently lives in Toronto, where he is a professor at York University. He is the long-time partner of writer Barbara Gowdy. Winner of the 2007 Harbourfront Festival Prize, he is the author of four books of...
, Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82 - Don McKayDon McKayDon McKay, CM is an award-winning Canadian poet, editor, and educator.Born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall, McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971...
, Birding, or Desire - Anne SzumigalskiAnne SzumigalskiAnne Szumigalski, SOM was a Canadian poet.- Life :She was born Anne Howard Davies in London, England, and grew up mostly in a Hampshire village. She served with the Red Cross as a medical auxiliary officer and interpreter during World War II, following British Army forces in 1944-5 across parts of...
, Doctrine of Signatures
Non-fiction
Winner:- Jeffery Williams, Byng of Vimy
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- Ken DrydenKen DrydenKenneth Wayne Dryden, PC, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former NHL goaltender. Dryden is married with two children and four grandchildren and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame...
, The Game - H.S. Ferns, Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History
Fiction
Winner:- Suzanne JacobSuzanne JacobSuzanne Jacob is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, and critic.Born in the town of Amos, in the Abitibi region of Québec, she studied classics at the Collège Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Nicolet, and also attended classes at the "Atelier de theatre" and the "École de...
, Laura Laur
Other Finalists:
- Victor-Lévy BeaulieuVictor-Lévy BeaulieuVictor-Lévy Beaulieu is a Québécois writer, playwright and editor.Born in Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, in the area of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu began primary school at Trois-Pistoles, moving later to Montréal-Nord.He began his public writing career at the Montreal weekly Perspectives,...
, Discours de Samm - France Ducasse, Du lieu des voyages
- Carole Massé, L'Existence
- Francine NoëlFrancine NoëlFrancine Noël is a Canadian writer, whose 2005 work La Femme de ma vie won the 2006 edition of Première Chaîne's Le Combat des livres.She teaches theatre at the Université du Québec à Montréal.-Awards and nominations:...
, Maryse - Suzanne Robert, Vulpera
Poetry
Winner:- Suzanne ParadisSuzanne ParadisSuzanne Paradis is a Canadian poet, novelist and critic based in Quebec.-Books:* Les Enfants* A temps, le bonheur* Les Hauts Cris* La Chasse aux autres*Les Cormorans*L'Oeuvre de pierre...
, 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 GingrasRené GingrasRené Gingras was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an electrician, businessman and administrator by career.He was elected in the Quebec riding of Abitibi in the 1980 federal election...
, Syncope
Other Finalists:
- Michelle Allen, La passion de Juliette
- René-Daniel DuboisRené-Daniel DuboisRené-Daniel Dubois is a Québécois playwright and actor.-Movie career:He is best known for his 1985 play Being at Home with Claude, which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 Thriller drama 5150 Elm's Way...
, 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