Awards & Winners

1980 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1980 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 1980 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama

Stephen Scobie

Honored for : McAlmon's Chinese opera
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Jeffrey Simpson

Honored for : Discipline of Power
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

George Bowering

Honored for : Burning Water

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
George Bowering Burning Water
Leon Rooke Fat woman
Susan Musgrave The charcoal burners