# 1998 Governor General's Awards

The winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17 in Ottawa. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.

## English

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion | Lynn Coady, Strange Heaven Barbara Gowdy, The White Bone Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Kerri Sakamoto, The Electrical Field |
| Non-fiction | David Adams Richards, Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi | Wayne Grady, The Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming Charlotte Gray, Mrs. King: The Life and Times of Isabel Mackenzie King Judy Schultz, Mamie's Children: Three Generations of Prairie Women Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson, Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman |
| Poetry | Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems | Louise Bernice Halfe, Blue Marrow Michael Ondaatje, Handwriting Lisa Robertson, Debbie: An Epic Kathy Shaidle, Lobotomy Magnificat |
| Drama | Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet | Bruce McManus, Selkirk Avenue Richard Sanger, Not Spain Sandra Shamas, Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of Performances David Young, Inexpressible Island |
| Children's literature | Janet Lunn, The Hollow Tree | Gayle Friesen, Janey's Girl Julie Johnston, The Only Outcast Janet McNaughton, Make or Break Spring Sarah Withrow, Bat Summer |
| Children's illustration | Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes | Victor Bosson, The Fox's Kettle Harvey Chan, Music for the Tsar of the Sea Zhong-Yang Huang, The Great Race Stéphane Jorisch, The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories |
| French to English translation | Sheila Fischman, Bambi and Me | Arnold Bennett, Voltaire's Man in America David Homel, The Second Fiddle Daniel Sloate, Aknos and Other Poems |

## French

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme | Marie-Célie Agnant, Le Silence comme le sang Madeleine Gagnon, Le Deuil du soleil Nancy Huston, L'Empreinte de l'ange Pierre Samson, Un garçon de compagnie |
| Non-fiction | Pierre Nepveu, Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques | Chantal Bouchard, La Langue et le Nombril : Histoire d'une obsession québécoise Marcel Olscamp, Le Fils du notaire Jacques Ferron 1921-1949 : Genèse intellectuelle d'un écrivain Régine Robin, Le Golem de l'écriture : De l'autofiction au Cybersoi Patricia Smart, Les Femmes du Refus global |
| Poetry | Suzanne Jacob, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune | Hugues Corriveau, Le Livre du frère Hélène Dorion, Les Murs de la grotte Christine Richard, L'Eau des oiseaux Michel van Schendel, Bitumes |
| Drama | François Archambault, 15 secondes | Serge Boucher, Motel Hélène Olivier Choinière, Le Bain des raines Carole Fréchette, La Peau d'Élisa Suzanne Lebeau, L'Ogrelet |
| Children's literature | Angèle Delaunois, Variations sur un même «t'aime» | Guy Dessureault, Lettre de Chine Daniel Mativat, Terreur sur la Windigo Danielle Rochette, La Fugue d'Antoine Hélène Vachon, Le Cinéma de Somerset |
| Children's illustration | Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois | Stéphane Poulin, Petit zizi Alain Reno, Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures Yayo, Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel |
| English to French translation | Charlotte Melançon, Les Sources du moi : La Formation de l'identité moderne | Paule Noyart, Leonard Cohen : Le Canadien errant Hélène Rioux, Self |