The Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry is awarded annually for a book written by a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.

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1983

• David Donnell – Settlements

Also shortlisted:

• Christopher Dewdney – Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82
• Don McKay – Birding, or Desire
• Anne Szumigalski – Doctrine of Signatures

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Added 03 June 2006.
Updated 21 October 2009.