1988 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were 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 Non-Fiction
1.5 Children's Literature - Text
1.6 Children's Literature - Illustration
1.7 Translation (From French to English)

2 French Language

2.8 Fiction
2.9 Poetry
2.10 Drama
2.11 Non-Fiction
2.12 Children's Literature - Text
2.13 Children's Literature - Illustration
2.14 Translation (From English to French)

3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

David Adams Richards, Nights Below Station Street

Other Finalists:

Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
Joan Clark, The Victory of Geraldine Gull
Mark Frutkin, Atmospheres Apollinaire
Kenneth Radu, The Cost of Living

Poetry

Winner:

Lorna Crozier, Angels of Flesh, Angels of Silence
Christopher Dewdney, Radiant Inventory
David McFadden, Gypsy Guitar
Peter Dale Scott, Coming to Jakarta

Drama

Winner:

George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred

Other Finalists:

Dennis Foon, Skin from Skin and Liars

Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters
Maureen Hunter, Footprints on the Moon

Non-Fiction

Winner:

Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room

Other Finalists:

Pierre Berton, The Arctic Grail
Alan A. Borovoy, When Freedoms Collide
Edith Iglauer, Fishing with John

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic

Other Finalists:

Martha Brooks, Paradise Caf?and Other Stories
Brian Doyle, Easy Avenue
Jean Little, Little by Little

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater

Other Finalists:

Marie-Louise Gay, Angel and the Polar Bear
Jillian Hulme Gilliland, How the Devil Got His Cat
Dayal Kaur Khalsa, Sleepers
Jan Thornhill, The Wildlife ABC

Translation (From French to English)

Winner:

Philip Stratford, Second Chance

Other Finalists:

Arnold Bennett, The History of the Labour Movement in Quebec
Jane Brierley, A Man of Sentiment: The Memoirs of Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gasp?/em>
David Homel, How to Make Love to a Negro

French Language

Fiction
Winner:
Jacques Folch-Ribas, Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur

Other Finalists:
No? Audet, L'Ombre de l'?ervier
Normand Chaurette, Sc?es d'enfants
Christian Mistral, Vamp

Poetry
Winner:
Marcel Labine, Papiers d'?id?ie

Other Finalists:
Fran?is Charron, Le Monde comme obstacle
Louise Dupr? Bonheur
Gilbert Langevin, La Saison hant?

Drama
Winner:
Jean Marc Dalp? Le Chien

Other Finalists:
Normand Canac-Marquis, Le Syndrome de C?anne
Marie-Francine H?ert, Oui ou non
Marco Micone, D??l'agonie
Andr?Ricard, Le D?ersoir des larmes

Non-Fiction
Winner:
Patricia Smart, ?rire dans la maison du p?e

Other Finalists:
Jacques Desautels, Dieux et Mythes de la Gr?e ancienne
Lucien Parizeau, P?iples autour d'un langage
Fernande Roy, Progr?, harmonie, libert?/em>

Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
Mich?e Marineau, Cassiop? ou l'??polonais

Other Finalists:
Denis C?? Les prisonniers du zoo
C?ile Gagnon, Ch?eaux de sable
Andr?Vanasse, Des Millions pour une chanson

Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
Philippe B?a, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots

Other Finalists:
Sylvie Daigle, Le Mot de passe
Pierre Pratt, Peut-il, peut-elle?
Gilles Tibo, Simon et les flocons de neige

Translation (From English to French)
Winner:
Didier Holtzwarth, Nucl?s

Other Finalists:
G?ard Boulad, Profession: Religieuse
Jean L?esque and Mich?e Venet, Le R?e d'une g??ation
Michel Saint-Germain, Flagrant D?ice

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