The winners of the 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16th at the National Library of Canada. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.

Table of contents
1 English Language
2 French Language
3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:
  • Neil Bissoondath, The Worlds Within Her
  • Anne Fleming, Pool-hopping and Other Stories
  • Elyse Gasco, Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
  • Keith Maillard, Gloria

Poetry

Winner:

Other Finalists:
  • Lynn Davies, The Bridge that Carries the Road
  • Susan Goyette, The True Names of Birds
  • Richard Harrison, Big Breath of a Wish
  • Terence Young, The Island in Winter

Drama

Winner:

  • Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy

Other Finalists:
  • Wendy Lill, Corker
  • Daniel MacIvor, Marion Bridge
  • Colleen Murphy, Beating Heart Cadaver
  • Theresa Tova, Still the Night

Nonfiction

Winner:

  • Marq de Villiers, Water

Other Finalists:

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

  • Don Gillmor, The Christmas Orange

Other Finalists:
  • Rachna Gilmore, A Screaming Kind of Day
  • Graham McNamee, Hate You
  • W.D. Valgardson, The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories
  • Frieda Wishinsky, Each One Special

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

  • Gary Clement, The Great Poochini

Other Finalists:
  • Rose Cowles, I Know an Old Laddie
  • Zhong-Yang Huang, Dragon New Year
  • Ludmila Zeman, Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights
  • Werner Zimmermann, Brave Highland Heart

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

  • Patricia Claxton, Gabrielle Roy: A Life

Other Finalists:

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:
  • Hugues Corriveau, Le Ramasseur de souffle
  • Jacques Marchand, Les Vents dominants
  • Carole Massé, L'Ennemi
  • Gaétan Soucy, La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes

Poetry

Winner:

  • Herménégilde Chiasson, Conversations

Other Finalists:

Drama

Winner:

  • Jean-Marc Dalpé, Il n'y a que l'amour

Other Finalists:

Nonfiction

Winner:

  • Pierre Perrault, Le Mal du Nord

Other Finalists:
  • 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

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

  • Charlotte Gingras, La Liberté? Connais pas...

Other Finalists:
  • 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

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

  • Stéphane Jorish, Charlotte et l'île du destin

Other Finalists:
  • Nicole Lafond, Contes pour enfants
  • Michèle Lemieux, Nuit d'orage
  • Luc Melanson, La Petite Kim
  • Pierre Pratt, La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

Other Finalists:
  • Charlotte Melançon, Réflexions d'un frère siamois
  • Marie José Thériault, Ours

Other Governor General's Awards:

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