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==English== {|class="wikitable" width="100%" !width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |- | align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction|Fiction]] |{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Guy Vanderhaeghe]], ''[[Man Descending]]'''''<ref name="award">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-transcript/159575586/|title=Schreyer presents literary awards|work=[[Times & Transcript|The Times-Transcript]]|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=October 1, 1983|access-date=November 23, 2024|page=43|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> | *[[Alice Munro]], ''[[The Moons of Jupiter]]'' *[[Chris Scott (writer)|Chris Scott]], ''Antichthon'' |- | align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]] |{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Christopher Moore (Canadian historian)|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|Christina McCall-Newman]], ''Grits: An Intimate Portrait of The Liberal Party'' |- | align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry|Poetry]] |{{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'' |- | align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language drama|Drama]] |{{blue ribbon}} '''[[John Gray (playwright)|John Gray]], ''[[Billy Bishop Goes to War]]'''''<ref name=award/> | *[[Lawrence Jeffery]], ''Clay'' *[[Betty Lambert]], ''Jennie's Story'' |}
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