Governor General's Award nominees announced (fwd)

[Kathy Chung]

Hi.  Sorry for any cross postings but thought people might like to scroll
down to the DRAMA nominations . . . 

Cheers, ---- Kathy.

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Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:41:23 -0600
From: Paul Martin <Paul.Martin at UALBERTA.CA>
Reply-To: Canadian Literature / Litterature canadienne
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To: CANLIT-L at INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
Subject: Governor General's Award nominees announced

Hi everyone,
    Nominees for the Governor general's Award were announced a few minutes
ago in Toronto.  From today until the winners are announced on November 17,
all nominated titles will be 15% off.  Northwest Passages congratulates the
following nominees:

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES

Fiction

Lynn Coady, Vancouver, for Strange Heaven (Goose Lane Editions)

Barbara Gowdy, Toronto, for The White Bone (Harper Flamingo
Canada/HarperCollins)

Wayne Johnston, Toronto, for The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Alfred A.
Knopf Canada)

Kerri Sakamoto, Toronto, for The Electrical Field (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)

Diane Schoemperlen, Kingston, Ontario, for Forms of Devotion
        (A Phyllis Bruce Book/HarperCollins)


Poetry

Stephanie Bolster, Ottawa, for White Stone: The Alice Poems
        (Signal Editions/Véhicule Press)

Louise Bernice Halfe, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for Blue Marrow (McClelland
& Stewart)

Michael Ondaatje, Toronto, for Handwriting (McClelland & Stewart)

Lisa Robertson, Vancouver, for Debbie: An Epic (New Star Books)

Kathy Shaidle, Toronto, for Lobotomy Magnificat (Oberon Press)


Drama

Bruce McManus, Winnipeg, for Selkirk Avenue (Nuage Editions)

Richard Sanger, Toronto, for Not Spain (Playwrights Canada Press)

Djanet Sears, Toronto, for Harlem Duet (Scirocco Drama/J. Gordon
Shillingford Publishing)

Sandra Shamas, Georgetown, Ontario, for Sandra Shamas: A Trilogy of
Performances
        (Mercury Press)

David Young, Toronto, for Inexpressible Island (Scirocco Drama/J. Gordon
Shillingford
        Publishing)


Nonfiction

Wayne Grady, Kingston, Ontario, for The Quiet Limit of the World - A
Journey to the North
        Pole to Investigate Global Warming (Macfarlane Walter & Ross)

Charlotte Gray, Ottawa, for Mrs. King - The Life and Times of Isabel
Mackenzie King
        (Viking/Penguin Books Canada)

David Adams Richards, Toronto, for Lines on the Water - A Fisherman's Life
on the
        Miramichi (Doubleday Canada)

Judy Schultz, Edmonton, for Mamie's Children - Three Generations of Prairie
Women
        (Red Deer College Press)

Rudy Wiebe, Edmonton, and Yvonne Johnson, Red Pheasant Reserve,
Saskatchewan, for
        Stolen Life - The Journey of a Cree Woman (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)


Children's Literature - Text

Gayle Friesen, Delta, British Columbia, for Janey's Girl (Kids Can Press)

Julie Johnston, Peterborough, Ontario, for The Only Outcast (Tundra Books)

Janet Lunn, Hillier, Ontario, for The Hollow Tree (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)

Janet McNaughton, Saint John's, Newfoundland, for Make or Break Spring
        (Tuckamore Books/Creative Book Publishing)

Sarah Withrow, Kingston, Ontario, for Bat Summer (Groundwood Books/Douglas &
        McIntyre)


Children's Literature - Illustration

Victor Bosson, Victoria, British Columbia, for The Fox's Kettle, text by
Laura Langston
        (Orca Books)

Harvey Chan, Toronto, for Music for the Tsar of the Sea, text by Celia
Barker Lottridge
        (Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre)

Zhong-Yang Huang, Regina, Saskatchewan, for The Great Race, text by David
Bouchard
        (Raincoast Book)

Stéphane Jorisch, Montreal, for The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other
Stories, text by
        Barrie Baker (Annick Press)

Kady MacDonald Denton, Brandon, Manitoba, for A Child's Treasury of Nursery
Rhymes
        (Kids Can Press


Translation (from French to English)

Arnold Bennett, Montreal, for Voltaire's Man in America (Robert Davies
Multimedia
        Publishing)  English version of L'époque de Voltaire au Canada, by
Jean-Paul de
        Lagrave (L'Étincelle)

Sheila Fischman, Montreal, for Bambi and Me (Talonbooks)
        English version of Les vues animées, by Michel Tremblay (Leméac
Éditeur)

David Homel, Montreal, for The Second Fiddle (Stoddart Publishing)
        English version of Le Second Violon, by Yves Beauchemin (Éditions
        Québec/Amérique)

Daniel Sloate, Montreal, for Aknos and Other Poems (Guernica Editions)
        English version of Aknos, by Fulvio Caccia (Éditions Guernica)

FRENCH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES


Fiction

Marie-Célie Agnant, Montreal, for Le Silence comme le sang (Éditions du
remue-ménage)

Christiane Frenette, Lévis, Quebec, for La Terre ferme (Éditions du Boréal)

Madeleine Gagnon, Montreal, for Le Deuil du soleil (VLB Éditeur)

Nancy Huston, Paris, France, for L'Empreinte de l'ange (Leméac
Éditeur/Actes Sud)

Pierre Samson, Montreal, for Un garçon de compagnie (Éditions Les Herbes
rouges)


Poetry

Hugues Corriveau, Weedon, Quebec, for Le Livre du frère (Éditions du Noroît)

Hélène Dorion, Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, for Les Murs de la grotte (Éditions
de la différence)

Suzanne Jacob, Outremont, Quebec, for La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil
de la rancune
        (Éditions du Boréal)

Christine Richard, Matane, Quebec, for L'Eau des oiseaux (Éditions Trois)

Michel van Schendel, Montreal, for Bitumes (Éditions L'Hexagone)


Drama

François Archambault, Montreal, for 15 secondes (Leméac Éditeur)

Serge Boucher, Montreal, for Motel Hélène (Dramaturges Éditeur)

Olivier Choinière, Montreal, for Le Bain des raines (Dramaturges Éditeur)

Carole Fréchette, Montreal, for La Peau d'Élisa (Leméac Éditeur/Actes Sud)

Suzanne Lebeau, Saint-Lambert, Quebec, for L'Ogrelet (Lanctôt Éditeur)


Nonfiction

Chantal Bouchard, Montreal, for La Langue et le Nombril : Histoire d'une
obsession
        québécoise (Éditions Fides)

Pierre Nepveu, Montreal, for Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les
littératures du
        Québec et des Amériques (Éditions du Boréal)

Marcel Olscamp, Montreal, for Le Fils du notaire Jacques Ferron 1921-1949 :
Genèse
        intellectuelle d'un écrivain (Éditions Fides)

Régine Robin, Outremont, Quebec, for Le Golem de l'écriture : De
l'autofiction au Cybersoi
        (XYZ Éditeur)

Patricia Smart, Ottawa, for Les Femmes du Refus global (Éditions du Boréal)



Children's Literature -- Text

Angèle Delaunois, Montreal, for Variations sur un même &laqno;t'aime»
(Éditions Héritage)

Guy Dessureault, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, for Lettre de Chine (Éditions
Pierre Tisseyre)

Daniel Mativat, Laval, Quebec, for Terreur sur la Windigo (Éditions Pierre
Tisseyre)

Danielle Rochette, Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, for La Fugue d'Antoine (Éditions
Pierre Tisseyre)

Hélène Vachon, Quebec City, for Le Cinéma de Somerset (Éditions Héritage)

Stéphane Poulin, Montreal, for Petit zizi, text by Thierry Lenain (Éditions
Les 400 coups)

Pierre Pratt, Montreal, for Monsieur Ilétaitunefois, text by Rémy Simard
(Annick Press)

Alain Reno, Montreal, for Un tartare pour le bonhomme Sept Heures, text by
Alain Reno
        (Éditions Les 400 coups)

Yayo, Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, for Le Chasseur d'arc-en-ciel, text by Yayo
        (Éditions Les 400 coups)


Translation (English to French)

Charlotte Melançon, Montreal, for Les Sources du moi - La Formation de
l'identité moderne
        (Éditions du Boréal) French version of Sources of the Self: The
Making of the Modern
        Identity by Charles Taylor (Harvard University Press)

Paule Noyart, Bromont, Quebec, for Leonard Cohen - Le Canadien errant
(Éditions du Boréal;)
        French version of Various Positions, A Life of Leonard Cohen by Ira
B. Nadel
        (Random House of Canada)

Hélène Rioux, Outremont, Quebec, for Self (XYZ Éditeur)
        French version of Self de Yann Martel (Alfred A. Knopf)


Check out our site later today for a special page deovted to the GG nominees!


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Paul Martin, PhD candidate
Department of Comparative Literature, Religion, and Film/Media Studies
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E6
CANADA
Paul.Martin at ualberta.ca

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