1997 Governor General's Awards
The winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced on November 18 by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.English
Fiction
- Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter
- Sandra Birdsell, The Two-Headed Calf
- Matt Cohen, Last Seen
- Elizabeth Hay, Small Change
- Eric McCormack, First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Poetry
- Dionne Brand, Land to Light On
- Marilyn Bowering, Autobiography
- Patrick Friesen, A Broken Bowl
- Carole Glasser Langille, In Cannon Cave
- Don McKay, Apparatus
Drama
- Ian Ross, FareWel
- Maureen Hunter, Atlantis
- Lee MacDougall, High Life
- Jason Sherman, Reading Hebron
- Judith Thompson, Sled
Non-fiction
- Rachel Manley, Drumblair – Memories of a Jamaican Childhood
- Wade Davis, One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
- Catherine Dunphy, Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero
- Terry Glavin, This Ragged Place – Travels Across the Landscape
- Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser, Loyal till Death – Indians and the North-West Rebellion
- Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming
- Cheryl Foggo, One Thing That's True
- James Heneghan, Wish Me Luck
- Teddy Jam, The Fishing Summer
- Barbara Nichol, Dippers
Children's Literature – Illustrations
- Barbara Reid, The Party
- Blair Drawson, Flying Dimitri
- Marie-Louise Gay, Rumpelstiltskin
- Robin Muller, The Angel Tree
- Ludmila Zeman, The First Red Maple Leaf
Translation – French to English
- Howard Scott, The Euguelion
- Jane Brierley, Canadians of Old
- Patricia Claxton, Baroque at Dawn
- David Homel, A Drifting Year
- Nancy Huston, The Goldberg Variations
French
Fiction
- Aude, Cet imperceptible mouvement
- Bernard Assiniwi, La Saga des Béothuks
- Lise Bissonnette, Quittes et Doubles – Scènes de réciprocité
- Pierre Morency, La Vie entière – Histoires naturelles du Nouveau Monde
- Pierre Ouellet, Légende dorée
Poetry
- Pierre Nepveu, Romans-fleuves
- Nicole Brossard, Vertige de l'avant-scène
- Serge Legagneur, Poèmes choisis, 1961–1997
- Paul Chanel Malenfant, Fleuves
- Hélène Monette, Plaisirs et Paysages kitsch
Drama
- Yvan Bienvenue, Dits et Inédits
- Jasmine Dubé, La Bonne Femme
- Marie-Line Laplante, Une tache sur la lune
- Robert Marinier, L'Insomnie
- Larry Tremblay, Ogre – Cornemuse
Non-Fiction
- Roland Viau, Enfants du néant et mangeurs d'âmes – Guerre, culture et société en Iroquoisie ancienne
- Fernand Dumont, Une foi partagée
- Yolande Geadah, Femmes voilées, intégrismes démasqués
- Alain Bernard Marchand, Tintin au pays de la ferveur
- François Ricard, Gabrielle Roy – Une vie
Children's Literature – Text
- Michel Noël, Pien
- Dominique Demers, Maïna, tomes 1 et 2
- Agathe Génois, Sarah, je suis là!
- Jacques Godbout, Une leçon de chasse
- Maryse Pelletier, Une vie en éclats
Children's Literature – Illustrations
- Stéphane Poulin, Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée
- Leanne Franson, L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette
- Stéphane Jorisch, Casse-Noisette
- Gilles Tibo, Simon et le petit cirque
Translation – English to French
- Marie José Thériault, Arracher les montagnes
- François Barcelo, La Face cachée des pierres
- Nicole Côté, Verre de tempête
- Pierrot Lambert, L'Insight: Étude de la compréhension humaine
