Awards & Winners

1997 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1997 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 1997 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature

Kit Pearson

Honored for : Awake and Dreaming
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry

Dionne Brand

Honored for : Land to Light On
Governor General's Award for English-language drama

Ian Ross

Honored for : Farewel
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Rachel Manley

Honored for : Drumblair
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Jane Urquhart

Honored for : The Underpainter

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth Hay Small Change
Eric P McCormack First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Jane Urquhart The Underpainter
Matt Cohen
Sandra Birdsell The two-headed calf
Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration

Barbara Reid

Honored for : The party