1982 Governor General's Awards

{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}

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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

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!width=15%|Category

!width=30%|Winner

!width=55%|Nominated

align="center"| Fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-transcript/159575586/|title=Schreyer presents literary awards|work=The Times-Transcript|agency=The Canadian Press|date=October 1, 1983|access-date=November 23, 2024|page=43|via=Newspapers.com}}

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align="center"| Non-fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} Christopher Moore, Louisbourg Portraits: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Garrison Town

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align="center"| Poetry

|{{blue ribbon}} Phyllis Webb, The Vision Tree: Selected Poems

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align="center"| Drama

|{{blue ribbon}} John Gray, Billy Bishop Goes to War

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French

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!width=30%|Winner

!width=55%|Nominated

align="center"| Fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} Roger Fournier, Le cercle des arènes

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align="center"| Non-fiction

|{{blue ribbon}} Maurice Lagueux, Le marxisme des années soixante: une saison dans l'histoire de la pensée critique

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  • Flore Dupriez, La condition féminine et les Pères de l'Église latine
align="center"| Poetry

|{{blue ribbon}} Michel Savard, Forages

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align="center"| Drama

|{{blue ribbon}} Réjean Ducharme, Ha ha! ...

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