1984 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1984 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Josef Skvorecky, The Engineer of Human Souls
Other Finalists:
- Timothy Findley, Not Wanted on the Voyage
- Susan Kerslake, The Book of Fears
- Audrey Thomas, Intertidal Life
Poetry
Winner:
- Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
Other Finalists:
- Roo Borson, The Whole Night, Coming Home
- Marilyn Bowering, The Sunday before Winter
- David McFadden, The Art of Darkness
- Sharon Thesen, Confabulations
- Peter van Toorn, Mountain Tea
Drama
Winner:
- Judith Thompson, White Biting Dog
Other Finalists:
- James Reaney, The Canadian Brothers or The Prophecy Fulfilled
- George Ryga, A Letter to My Son
Non-fiction
Winner:
- Sandra Gwyn, The Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier
Other Finalists:
- Bob Beal and Rod Macleod, Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion
- Graham Fraser, P.Q.: René Levesque and the Parti Québécois in Power
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Jacques Brault, Agonie
Other Finalists:
- Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, La Maison Trestler
- Jacques Poulin, Volkswagen Blues
- Jacques Savoie, Les Portes tournantes
- Marie José Thériault, Les Demoiselles de Numidie
Poetry
Winner:
- Nicole Brossard, Double Impression
Other Finalists:
- Michel Beaulieu, Kaléidoscope
- André Roy, Les sept jours de la jouissance
- Elise Turcotte, Navires de guerre
Drama
Winner:
- René-Daniel Dubois, Ne blâmez jamais les Bédouins
Other Finalists:
- Gilbert Dupuis, Les Transporteurs de monde
- Marcel Sabourin, Pleurer pour rire
- Michel Tremblay, Albertine en cinq temps
Non-fiction
Winner:
- Jean Hamelin and Nicole Gagnon, Le XXe Siècle: Histoire du catholicisme québécois
Other Finalists:
- Luc Bureau, Entre l'Éden et l'Utopie
- Philippe Haeck, La Table d'écriture: poéthique et modernité
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