1996 Governor General's Awards

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The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 14th 1996.

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 Chldren's Literature - Illustraion
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:

Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy

Other Finalists:

Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
Elisabeth Harvor, Let Me Be the One
Janice Kulyk Keefer, The Green Library
Cordelia Strube, Teaching Pigs to Sing
Audrey Thomas, Coming Down from Wa

Poetry

Winner:

E.D. Blodgett, Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano

Other Finalists:

Elizabeth Brewster, Footnotes to the Book of Job

Crispin Elsted, Climate and the Affections

Charles Lillard, Shadow Weather

Drama
Winner:
- Colleen Wagner, The Monument
Other Finalists:
- Michael O'Brien, Mad Boy Chronicle
- Betty Quan, Mother Tongue
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- John Ralston Saul, The Unconscious Civilization
Other Finalists:
- Roy MacGregor, The Home Team - Fathers, Sons & Hockey
- T.F. Rigelhof, A Blue Boy in a Black Dress
- Lake Sagaris, After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind
- Merilyn Simonds, The Convict Lover: A True Story
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Paul Yee, Ghost Train
Other Finalists:
- David Boyd, Bottom Drawer
- Gillian Chan, Glory Days and Other Stories
- Don Gillmor, The Fabulous Song
Chldren's Literature - Illustraion
Winner:
- Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift
Other Finalists:
- Alan and Lea Daniel, Sody Salleratus
- Wang Kui, The Wise Washerman - A Folktale from Burma
- Johnny Wales, Gruntle Piggle Takes Off
- Werner Zimmermann, Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!
Translation - from French to English
Winner:
- Linda Gaboriau, Stone and Ashes
Other Finalists:
- Sheila Fischman, Ostend
- D.G. Jones, For Orchestra and Solo Poet
- Shelley Tepperman, In Vitro
French Language

Fiction
Winner:
- Marie-Claire Blais, Soifs
Other Finalists:
- Nancy Huston, Instruments des t??res
- Roger Magini, Un homme d?ait
- Jocelyne Saucier, La vie comme une image
- Lise Vaillancourt, L'??des eiders
Poetry
Winner:
- Serge Patrice, Le Quatuor de l'errance followed by La Travers? du d?ert
Other Finalists:
- Jos?Acquelin, L'Oiseau respirable
- Jean Charlebois, De moins en moins l'amour de plus en plus
- Herm??ilde Chiasson, Climats
- Louise Cotnoir, Dis-moi que j'imagine
Drama
Winner:
- Normand Chaurette, Le Passage de l'Indiana
Other Finalists:
- Suzanne Lebeau, Salvador - La Montagne, l'Enfant et la Mangue
- Wajdi Mouawad, Alphonse
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Michel Freitag, Le Naufrage de l'universit?- Et autres essais d'?ist?ologie politique
Other Finalists:
- G?ard Bouchard, Quelques arpents d'Am?ique - Population, ?onomie, famille au Saguenay 1838-1971
- Gilles Lapointe, L'Envol des signes - Borduas et ses lettres
- Beno? Melan?n, Diderot ?istolier - Contribution ?une po?ique de la lettre famili?e au XVIIIe si?le
- Denis Vaugeois, La Fin des alliances franco-indiennes - Enqu?e sur un sauf-conduit de 1760 devenu un trait?en 1990
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Gilles Tibo, No?ie - Le Secret de Madame Lumbago
Other Finalists:
- Sylvie Desrosiers, Le Long Silence
- Jacinthe Gaulin, Mon p'tit fr?e
- Daniel Sernine, L'Arc-en-cercle
- H??e Vachon, Le Plus Proche Voisin
Children's Literature - Illustration
The jury decided not to award the Prize in this category in 1996. The jury felt that none of the works submitted this year met the standards of excellence of the Governor General's Literary Awards.

Translation - from English to French
Winner:
- Christiane Teasdale, Syst?es de survie - Dialogue sur les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique
Other Finalists:
- Pierre DesRuisseaux, Contre-taille - Po?es choisis de vingt-cinq auteurs canadiens-anglais
- H??e Le Beau, Les Dangers de la pens? critique - Trois nouvelles
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