The winners of the 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, chairman, and Shirley Thomson, director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16 at the National Library of Canada. Each winner received a cheque for CA$10,000.
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Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
Fiction |
Matt Cohen, Elizabeth and After[1] |
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Non-fiction |
Marq de Villiers, Water[1] |
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Poetry |
Jan Zwicky, Songs for Relinquishing the Earth[1] |
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Drama |
Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy[1] |
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Children's literature |
Rachna Gilmore, A Screaming Kind of Day[4] |
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Children's illustration |
Gary Clement, The Great Poochini[4] |
- Rose Cowles, I Know an Old Laddie[3]
- Zhong-Yang Huang, Dragon New Year[3]
- Ludmila Zeman, Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights[3]
- Werner Zimmermann, Brave Highland Heart[3]
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French to English translation |
Patricia Claxton, Gabrielle Roy: A Life (François Ricard, Gabrielle roy, une vie)[4] |
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Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
Fiction |
Lise Tremblay, La Danse juive[4] |
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Non-fiction |
Pierre Perrault, Le Mal du Nord[1] |
- Anne Élaine Cliche, Dire le livre
- Jean-Claude Dubé, Le Chevalier de Montmagny: Premier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France
- François-Marc Gagnon, Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécois 1941-1954
- Daniel Jacques, Nationalité et Modernité
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Poetry |
Herménégilde Chiasson, Conversations[4] |
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Drama |
Jean-Marc Dalpé, Il n'y a que l'amour[4] |
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Children's literature |
Charlotte Gingras, La Liberté? Connais pas...[4] |
- Agathe Génois, Adieu, vieux lézard!
- Andrée-Anne Gratton, Le Message du biscuit chinois
- Sylvie Nicolas, Célestine Motamo
- Raymond Plante, Marilou Polaire et l'iguane des neiges
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Children's illustration |
Stéphane Jorisch, Charlotte et l'île du destin[4] |
- Nicole Lafond, Contes pour enfants
- Michèle Lemieux, Nuit d'orage
- Luc Melanson, La Petite Kim
- Pierre Pratt, La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul
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English to French translation |
Jacques Brault, Transfiguration (E. D. Blodgett, Transfiguration)[4] |
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"Matt Cohen wins G-G for an idea he 'wished he hadn't had'". The Globe and Mail, November 17, 1999.
"G-G awards shortlist gets shorter: Winners announced today". National Post, November 16, 1999.
"Literary winners applaud cultural funding at Governor General's Awards". Waterloo Region Record, November 17, 1999.