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unusual facts about 1993 Governor General's Awards


Carol Windley

Born in Tofino, British Columbia and raised in British Columbia and Alberta, Windley's debut short story collection, Visible Light (1993) won the 1993 Bumbershoot Award, and was nominated for the 1993 Governor General's Award for English Fiction and the 1994 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.


1984 Governor General's Awards

Graham Fraser, P.Q.: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois in Power

1985 Governor General's Awards

Michael D. Behiels, Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalism

1992 Governor General's Awards

Gilles Boileau, Le silence des Messieurs. Oka, terre indienne

1997 Governor General's Awards

Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser, Loyal till Death – Indians and the North-West Rebellion

2007 Governor General's Awards

Anosh Irani, The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay Black

2011 Governor General's Awards

Richard Gwyn, Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867-1891

Bertram Brooker

In 1936, Brooker's novel Think of the Earth (1936) became the first work to win the Governor General's Award for Fiction.

Bill Waiser

Bill has published several books, including Park Prisoners: The Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks and (with Blair Stonechild) Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, which was a finalist for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards for non-fiction.

Carousel Theatre

Carousel also mounted an original production of Pierre Berton's fable The Secret World of Og, adapted under commission by Governor General's Award-winning playwright Kevin Kerr.

David Bezmozgis

It was subsequently nominated for the Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award.

David Yee

His play lady in the red dress was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.

Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

1992: Maggie Siggins, Revenge of the Land: A Century of Greed, Tragedy and Murder on a Saskatchewan Farm

2005: John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed

Governor General's Award for French to English translation

1995: David Homel, Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? (Dany Laferrière, Cette grenade dans la main du jeune nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit?)

Martin Springett

In 1992, Springett was awarded a 1992 Prix Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement, and two years later was presented a Governor General's Award for his illustration of the book Who.

Martine Leavitt

Leavitt's books have won many awards, including winner of the 2003 Mr. Christie Award for Tom Finder, finalist for the 2006 National Book Award for Keturah and Lord Death, finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Heck Superhero, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award for My Book of Life by Angel in 2013.

Newcastle, New Brunswick

He has been recognised via many awards, including two Governor General's Awards.

Open Secrets

It was nominated for the 1994 Governor General's Award for English Fiction.

Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War

It has won the £5,000 Duff Cooper Prize for an outstanding literary work in the field of history, biography or politics, the £3,000 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History, the prestigious BBC Samuel Johnson for the best work of non-fiction published in the United Kingdom and the 2003 Governor General's Literary Award in Canada.

Red Deer Press

Red Deer books have won several awards over the years, including the 2009 Governor General's Award for Children's literature (text) for Caroline Pignat's Greener Grass: The Famine Years.

Slavery in Canada

Winner, 2007 Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction; Nominee (Nonfiction), National Books Critics Circle Award 2007.

The Law of Dreams

Published in 2006 by House of Anansi Press, it was the recipient of that year's Governor General's Award for English language fiction.

The Law of Dreams was the recipient of the 2006 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, along with a CAN$15,000 prize, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts.

The Moons of Jupiter

It was nominated for the 1982 Governor General's Award for English Fiction.

Vincent Lam

His first novel, The Headmaster's Wager, was published in 2012 by Doubleday Canada and has been shortlisted for the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award.


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