Each winner of the 1980 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction George Bowering, Burning WaterSusan Musgrave, The Charcoal Burners Leon Rooke, Fat Woman Non-fiction Jeffrey Simpson, Discipline of Power: The Conservative Interlude and the Liberal RestorationJohn Fraser, The Chinese: Portrait of a People Donald MacKay, Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector Poetry or drama Stephen Scobie, McAlmon's Chinese OperaDouglas Lochhead, High Marsh Road
French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Pierre Turgeon, La première personneGilbert La Rocque, Les masques Hélène Ouvrard, La noyante Non-fiction Maurice Champagne-Gilbert, La famille et l'homme à délivrer du pouvoirJean-Luc Hétu, Croissance humaine et instinct spirituel Yvan Lamonde, La philosophie et son enseignement au Québec Poetry or drama Michel van Schendel, De l'oeil et de l'écouteNicole Brossard, Amantes Gilles Cyr, Ce lieu
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