1982 Governor General's Awards

Template:Short description Template:Sources Each winner of the 1982 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

English

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending<ref name="award">Template:Cite news</ref>	Alice Munro, The Moons of Jupiter Chris Scott, Antichthon
Non-fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Christopher Moore, Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town<ref name=award/>	Northrop Frye, The Great Code: The Bible and Literature Christina McCall-Newman, Grits: An Intimate Portrait of The Liberal Party
Poetry	Template:Blue ribbon Phyllis Webb, The Vision Tree: Selected Poems<ref name=award/>	Robert Bringhurst, The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972-1982 Barry Dempster, Fables for Isolated Men Diane Keating, No Birds or Flowers
Drama	Template:Blue ribbon John Gray, Billy Bishop Goes to War<ref name=award/>	Lawrence Jeffery, Clay Betty Lambert, Jennie's Story

French

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Roger Fournier, Le cercle des arènes<ref name=award/>	Gaëtan Brulotte, Le surveillant Louis Caron, Les fils de la liberté II: La corne de brume Anne Hébert, Les fous de Bassan
Non-fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Maurice Lagueux, Le marxisme des années soixante: une saison dans l'histoire de la pensée critique<ref name=award/>	Flore Dupriez, La condition féminine et les Pères de l'Église latine
Poetry	Template:Blue ribbon Michel Savard, Forages<ref name=award/>	Alphonse Piché, Dernier profil
Drama	Template:Blue ribbon Réjean Ducharme, Ha ha! ...<ref name=award/>	Marie Laberge, Avec l'hiver qui s'en vient Léo Lévesque, ... Quand j'y ai dit ça ... à parti à rire Jovette Marchessault, La terre est trop courte, Violette Leduc