1999 Governor General's Awards

Template:Short description The winners of the 1999 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, chairman, and Shirley Thomson, director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16 at the National Library of Canada. Each winner received a cheque for Template:CAD.

English

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Matt Cohen, Elizabeth and After<ref name=wishnot>"Matt Cohen wins G-G for an idea he 'wished he hadn't had'". The Globe and Mail, November 17, 1999.</ref>	Neil Bissoondath, The Worlds Within Her<ref name=shorter>"G-G awards shortlist gets shorter: Winners announced today". National Post, November 16, 1999.</ref> Anne Fleming, Pool-hopping and Other Stories<ref name=shorter/> Elyse Gasco, Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?<ref name=shorter/> Keith Maillard, Gloria<ref name=shorter/>
Non-fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Marq de Villiers, Water<ref name=wishnot/>	Donald Harman Akenson, Surpassing Wonder<ref name=shorter/> Michael Bliss, William Osler<ref name=shorter/> Wayson Choy, Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood<ref name=shorter/> Wayne Johnston, Baltimore's Mansion<ref name=shorter/>
Poetry	Template:Blue ribbon Jan Zwicky, Songs for Relinquishing the Earth<ref name=wishnot/>	Lynn Davies, The Bridge that Carries the Road<ref name=spec>"Nominee list". Hamilton Spectator, October 20, 1999.</ref> Susan Goyette, The True Names of Birds<ref name=spec/> Richard Harrison, Big Breath of a Wish<ref name=spec/> Terence Young, The Island in Winter<ref name=spec/>
Drama	Template:Blue ribbon Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy<ref name=wishnot/>	Wendy Lill, Corker<ref name=spec/> Daniel MacIvor, Marion Bridge<ref name=spec/> Colleen Murphy, Beating Heart Cadaver<ref name=spec/> Theresa Tova, Still the Night<ref name=spec/>
Children's literature	Template:Blue ribbon Rachna Gilmore, A Screaming Kind of Day<ref name=applaud>"Literary winners applaud cultural funding at Governor General's Awards". Waterloo Region Record, November 17, 1999.</ref>	Don Gillmor, The Christmas Orange<ref name=spec/> Graham McNamee, Hate You<ref name=spec/> W.D. Valgardson, The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories<ref name=spec/> Frieda Wishinsky, Each One Special<ref name=spec/>
Children's illustration	Template:Blue ribbon Gary Clement, The Great Poochini<ref name=applaud/>	Rose Cowles, I Know an Old Laddie<ref name=spec/> Zhong-Yang Huang, Dragon New Year<ref name=spec/> Ludmila Zeman, Sindbad: from the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights<ref name=spec/> Werner Zimmermann, Brave Highland Heart<ref name=spec/>
French to English translation	Template:Blue ribbon Patricia Claxton, Gabrielle Roy: A Life (François Ricard, Gabrielle roy, une vie)<ref name=applaud/>	David Homel, Olivo Oliva (Philippe Poloni, Olivo, Oliva)<ref name=spec/> Nancy Huston, The Mark of the Angel (her own novel L'Empreinte de l'ange)<ref name=spec/> Lazer Lederhendler, The Sparrow Has Cut the Day in Half (Claire Dé, Bonheur, Oiseau rare)<ref name=spec/> Donald Winkler, The World of the Gift (Jacques Godbout and Alain Caillé, L'Esprit du don)<ref name=spec/>

French

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Lise Tremblay, La Danse juive<ref name=applaud/>	Hugues Corriveau, Le Ramasseur de souffle Jacques Marchand, Les Vents dominants Carole Massé, L'Ennemi Gaétan Soucy, La Petite Fille qui aimait trop les allumettes
Non-fiction	Template:Blue ribbon Pierre Perrault, Le Mal du Nord<ref name=wishnot/>	Anne Élaine Cliche, Dire le livre Jean-Claude Dubé, Le Chevalier de Montmagny: Premier gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France François-Marc Gagnon, Chronique du mouvement automatiste québécois 1941-1954 Daniel Jacques, Nationalité et Modernité
Poetry	Template:Blue ribbon Herménégilde Chiasson, Conversations<ref name=applaud/>	Claude Beausoleil, Le Chant du voyageur Nicole Brossard, Musée de l'os et de l'eau Carole David, La Maison d'Ophélie Pierre Ouellet, Dieu sait quoi
Drama	Template:Blue ribbon Jean-Marc Dalpé, Il n'y a que l'amour<ref name=applaud/>	Carole Fréchette, Les Sept Jours de Simon Labrosse René Gingras, D'Avila Michel Tremblay, Encore une fois, si vous permettez
Children's literature	Template:Blue ribbon Charlotte Gingras, La Liberté? Connais pas...<ref name=applaud/>	Agathe Génois, Adieu, vieux lézard! Andrée-Anne Gratton, Le Message du biscuit chinois Sylvie Nicolas, Célestine Motamo Raymond Plante, Marilou Polaire et l'iguane des neiges
Children's illustration	Template:Blue ribbon Stéphane Jorisch, Charlotte et l'île du destin<ref name=applaud/>	Nicole Lafond, Contes pour enfants Michèle Lemieux, Nuit d'orage Luc Melanson, La Petite Kim Pierre Pratt, La Vie exemplaire de Martha et Paul
English to French translation	Template:Blue ribbon Jacques Brault, Transfiguration (E. D. Blodgett, Transfiguration)<ref name=applaud/>	Charlotte Melançon, Réflexions d'un frère siamois (John Ralston Saul, Reflections of a Siamese Twin: Canada at the End of the Twentieth Century) Marie José Thériault, Ours (Marian Engel, Bear)