1980 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1980 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- George Bowering, Burning Water
Other Finalists:
- Susan Musgrave, The Charcoal Burners
- Leon Rooke, Fat Woman
Poetry and Drama
Winner:
- Stephen Scobie, McAlmon's Chinese Opera
Other Finalist:
- Douglas Lochhead, High March Road
Non-fiction
Winner:
- Jeffrey Simpson, Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal Restoration
Other Finalists:
- John Fraser, The Chinese: Portrait of a People
- Donald MacKay, Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Pierre Turgeon, La première personne
Other Finalists:
- Gilbert LaRocque, Les masques
- Hélène Ouvrard, La noyante
Poetry and Drama
Winner:
- Michel Van Schendel, De l'oeil et de l'écoute
Other Finalists:
- Nicole Brossard, Amantes
- Gilles Cyr, Ce lieu
Non-fiction
Winner:
- Maurice Champagne-Gilbert, La famille et l'homme à délivrer du pouvoir
Other Finalists:
- Jean-Luc Hétu, Croissance humaine et instinct spirituel
- Yvan Lamonde, La philosophie et son enseignement au Québec
Other Governor General's Awards:
2004 – 2003 – 2002 – 2001 – 2000 – 1999 – 1998 – 1997 – 1996 – 1995 – 1994 – 1993 – 1992 – 1991 – 1990 – 1989 – 1988 – 1987 – 1986 – 1985 – 1984 – 1983 – 1982 – 1981 – 1980 – 1979 – 1978 – 1977 – 1976 – 1975 – 1974 – 1973 – 1972 – 1971 – 1970 – 1969 – 1968 – 1967 – 1966 – 1965 – 1964 – 1963 – 1962 – 1961 – 1960 – 1959 – 1958 – 1957 – 1956 – 1955 – 1954 – 1953 – 1952 – 1951 – 1950 – 1949 – 1948 – 1947 – 1946 – 1945 – 1944 – 1943 – 1942 – 1941 – 1940 – 1939 – 1938 – 1937 – 1936
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