1986 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1986 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Table of contents

1 English Language 1.1 Fiction 1.2 Poetry 1.3 Drama 1.4 Nonfiction 2 French Language 2.5 Fiction 2.6 Poetry 2.7 Drama 2.8 Nonfiction 3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Alice Munro, The Progress of Love

Other Finalists:

• Lois Braun, A Stone Watermelon
• John Metcalf, Adult Entertainment
• Aritha van Herk, No Fixed Address

Poetry

Winner:

• Al Purdy, The Collected Poems of Al Purdy

Other Finalists:

• Christopher Dewdney, The Immaculate Perception
• John Newlove, The Night the Dog Smiled

Drama

Winner:

• Sharon Pollock, Doc

Other Finalists:

• Frank Moher, Odd Jobs
• Allan Stratton, Papers

Nonfiction

Winner:

• Northrop Frye, Northrop Frye on Shakespeare

Other Finalists:

• Claude Bissell, The Imperial Canadian
• Phyllis Grosskurth, Melanie Klein
• Witold Rybczynski, Home

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Yvon Rivard, Les silences du corbeau

Other Finalists:

• Pierre Nepveu, L'hiver de Mira Christophe
• Sylvain Trudel, Le souffle de l'Harmattan

Poetry

Winner:

• C?ile Cloutier, L'?out?/em>

Other Finalists:

• Fran?is Charron, La chambre des miracles
• Normand de Bellefeuille, Cat?oriques, un deux et trois
• Louise Dupr? Chambres

Drama

Winner:

• Anne Legault, La visite des sauvages

Other Finalists:

• Normand Chaurette, Fragments d'une lettre d'adieulus par des g?logues
• Yves Desgagn? and Louise Roy, Les nouilles
• Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Le Titanic

Nonfiction

Winner:

• R?ine Robin, Le r?lisme socialiste: une esth?ique impossible

Other Finalists:

• Marcel Fournier, L'entr? dans la modernit? science, culture et soci??au Qu?ec
• Ren?Major, ''De l'?ection: Freud face aux id?logies am?icaine, allemande et sovi?iq

Other Governor General's Awards:

2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936