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Each winner of the 1993 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.1 English Language
1.1 Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Caroline Adderson , Bad Imaginings
- Thomas King, Green Grass, Running Water
- David Adams Richards, For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
- Carol Windley , Visible Light
1.2 Poetry
Winner:
- Don Coles , Forests of the Medieval World
Other Finalists:
- Claire Harris, Drawing Down a Daughter
- Monty Reid , Crawlspace: New and Selected Poems
- Douglas Burnet Smith , Voices from a Farther Room
- Patricia Young , More Watery Still
1.3 Drama
Winner:
- Guillermo Verdecchia , Fronteras Americanas
Other Finalists:
- Daniel MacIvor, House Humans
- Raymond Storey , The Saints and Apostles
- David Young , Glenn
1.4 Non-Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Marq de Villiers , The Heartbreak Grape: A Journey in Search of the Perfect Pinot Noir
- Marian Fowler , In a Gilded Cage
- Jane Jacobs, Systems of Survival
- Noël Mostert , Frontiers
1.5 Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Tim Wynne-Jones , Some of the Kinder Planets
Other Finalists:
- Mitzi Dale , Bryna Means Courage
- James Houston , Drifting Snow: An Arctic Search
- Carol Matas, Daniel's Story
- Shirley Sterling , My Name Is Seepeetza
1.6 Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Mireille Levert , Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming
Other Finalists:
- Scott Cameron , Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Marc Mongeau , There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen!
- Russ Willms , Brewster Rooster
- Leo Yerxa , Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall
1.7 Translation (from French to English)
Winner:
- D.G. Jones , Categorics One, Two and Three
Other Finalists:
- Jane Brierley , The Maerlande Chronicles
- Sheila Fischman, Following the Summer
- Linda Gaboriau, The Eye Is an Eagle
- Käthe Roth , The Last Cod Fish
2 French Language
2.1 Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Esther Croft , Au commencement était le froid
- Robert Lalonde , Sept lacs plus au nord
- Rober Racine , Le Mal de Vienne
- Pierre Yergeau , Tu attends la neige, Léonard?
2.2 Poetry
Winner:
- Denise Desautels , Le Saut de l'ange
Other Finalists:
- Denise Boucher , Grandeur nature
- Roger Des Roches , La Réalité
- Madeleine Gagnon , La Terre est remplie de langage
- Serge Patrice Thibodeau , Le Cycle de Prague
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