Editing 1982 Governor General's Awards

{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
{{sources|date=November 2024}}
Each winner of the '''1982 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit''' was selected by a panel of judges administered by the [[Canada Council|Canada Council for the Arts]].

==English==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width=15%|Category
!width=30%|Winner
!width=55%|Nominated
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| 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/>
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*[[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/>
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*[[Robert Bringhurst]], ''The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972-1982'' 	  
*[[Barry Dempster]], ''Fables for Isolated Men'' 
*[[Diane Keating]], ''No Birds or Flowers'' 
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| 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/>
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*[[Lawrence Jeffery]], ''Clay'' 
*[[Betty Lambert]], ''Jennie's Story''
|}

==French==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width=15%|Category
!width=30%|Winner
!width=55%|Nominated
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction|Fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roger Fournier]], ''Le cercle des arènes'''''<ref name=award/>
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*[[Gaëtan Brulotte]], ''Le surveillant'' 
*[[Louis Caron]], ''Les fils de la liberté II:  La corne de brume'' 
*[[Anne Hébert]], ''Les fous de Bassan'' 
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Maurice Lagueux]], ''Le marxisme des années soixante: une saison dans l'histoire de la pensée critique'''''<ref name=award/>
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*[[Flore Dupriez]], ''La condition féminine et les Pères de l'Église latine''  
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language poetry|Poetry]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michel Savard]], ''Forages'''''<ref name=award/>
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*[[Alphonse Piché]], ''Dernier profil'' 
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| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language drama|Drama]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Réjean Ducharme]], ''Ha ha! ...'''''<ref name=award/>
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*[[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''  
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==References==
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[[Category:Governor General's Awards]]
[[Category:1982 in Canada|Governor Generals Awards, 1982]]
[[Category:1982 literary awards|Governor]]