1993 Governor General's Awards
{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
Each winner of the 1993 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada."This time, Stone Diaries on top: Governor General's award atones for loss in Booker". Windsor Star, November 17, 1993. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts."Shields in running for Governor General Award; Nomination comes just after Booker Prize loss". Halifax Daily News, October 29, 1993.
English
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
| align="center"| Fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries |
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Karen Connelly, Touch the Dragon |
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| align="center"| Poetry
|{{blue ribbon}} Don Coles, Forests of the Medieval World |
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| align="center"| Drama
|{{blue ribbon}} Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas |
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| align="center"| Children's literature
|{{blue ribbon}} Tim Wynne-Jones, Some of the Kinder Planets |
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
|{{blue ribbon}} Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming |
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| align="center"| French to English translation
|{{blue ribbon}} D. G. Jones, Categorics One, Two and Three |
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French
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
| align="center"| Fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Nancy Huston, Cantique des plaines |
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} François Paré, Les Littératures de l'exiguïté |
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| align="center"| Poetry
|{{blue ribbon}} Denise Desautels, Le Saut de l'ange |
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| align="center"| Drama
|{{blue ribbon}} Daniel Danis, Celle-là |
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| align="center"| Children's literature
|{{blue ribbon}} Michèle Marineau, La Route de Chlifa |
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
|{{blue ribbon}} Stéphane Jorisch, Le Monde selon Jean de ... |
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| align="center"| English to French translation
|{{blue ribbon}} Marie José Thériault, L'Oeuvre du Gallois |
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