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Each winner of the 1983 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
English
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction |  Leon Rooke, Shakespeare's Dog
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| Non-fiction | Jeffery Williams, Byng of Vimy
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| Poetry | David Donnell, Settlements
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| Drama | Anne Chislett, Quiet in the Land
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No advance shortlist was released for this category. |
French
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction | Suzanne Jacob, Laura Laur
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| Non-fiction | Maurice Cusson, Le contrôle social du crime
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| Poetry | Suzanne Paradis, Un goût de sel
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| Drama | René Gingras, Syncope
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References
- "Governor-General's Awards 22 authors named finalists". The Globe and Mail, May 19, 1984.
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| Awards by year |
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