The winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17 in Ottawa. [1] Each winner received a cheque for $10,000. [2]
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction |  Diane Schoemperlen, Forms of Devotion |
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| Non-fiction | David Adams Richards, Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi |
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| Poetry | Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems |
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| Drama | Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet |
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| Children's literature | Janet Lunn, The Hollow Tree |
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| Children's illustration | Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes |
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| French to English translation | Sheila Fischman, Bambi and Me |
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| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction | Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme |
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| Non-fiction | Pierre Nepveu, Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde : Essais sur les littératures du Québec et des Amériques |
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| Poetry | Suzanne Jacob, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune |
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| Drama | François Archambault, 15 secondes |
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| Children's literature | Angèle Delaunois, Variations sur un même «t'aime» |
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| Children's illustration | Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois |
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| English to French translation | Charlotte Melançon, Les Sources du moi : La Formation de l'identité moderne |
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