1981 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1981 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The 1981 awards were the first time that separate awards were presented for poetry and drama, which had previously competed in a single "poetry or drama" category.
English
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | Blue ribbon Mavis Gallant, Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories |
No advance shortlist was released for this category.[1] |
| Non-fiction | Blue ribbon George Calef, Caribou and the Barren-Lands |
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| Poetry | Blue ribbon F. R. Scott, The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott |
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| Drama | Blue ribbon Sharon Pollock, Blood Relations |
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French
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | Blue ribbon Denys Chabot, La province lunaire |
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| Non-fiction | Blue ribbon Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, L'échappée des discours de l'oeil |
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| Poetry | Blue ribbon Michel Beaulieu, Visages |
No advance shortlist was released for this category. |
| Drama | Blue ribbon Marie Laberge, C'était avant la guerre à l'anse à Gilles |
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References
- ↑ "Kareda lands Gallant play for Tarragon". Toronto Star, April 29, 1982.