1983 Governor General's Awards

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.

English Language

Fiction

Winner:
*Leon Rooke, "Shakespeare's Dog"

Other Finalists:
*Philip Kreiner, "People Like Us In a Place Like This"
*H.R. Percy, "Painted Ladies"
*Susan Swan, "The Biggest Modern Woman of the World"

Poetry

Winner:
*David Donnell, "Settlements"

Other Finalists:
*Christopher Dewdney, "Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82"
*Don McKay, "Birding, or Desire"
*Anne Szumigalski, "Doctrine of Signatures"

Drama

Winner:
*Anne Chislett, "Quiet in the Land"

Other Finalists:
*None

Non-fiction

Winner:
*Jeffery Williams, "Byng of Vimy"

Other Finalists:
*Ken Dryden, "The Game"
*H.S. Ferns, "Reading from Left to Right: One Man's Political History"

French Language

Fiction

Winner:
*Suzanne Jacob, "Laura Laur"

Other Finalists:
*Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, "Discours de Samm"
*France Ducasse, "Du lieu des voyages"
*Carole Massé, "L'Existence"
*Francine Noël, "Maryse"
*Suzanne Robert, "Vulpera"

Poetry

Winner:
*Suzanne Paradis, "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 Gingras, "Syncope"

Other Finalists:
*Michelle Allen, "La passion de Juliette"
*René-Daniel Dubois, "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"

Other Governor General's Awards: