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.

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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 2.1 Fiction 2.2 Poetry 2.3 Drama 2.4 Non-fiction 2.5 Children's Literature - Text 2.6 Children's Literature - Illustration 2.7 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:

• Erin Mouré, Furious

Other Finalists:

• 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 Café 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 Gaspé
• David Homel , How to Make Love to a Negro

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Jacques Folch-Ribas , Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur

Other Finalists:

• Noël Audet , L'Ombre de l'épervier
• Normand Chaurette , Scènes d'enfants
• Christian Mistral , Vamp

Poetry

Winner:

• Marcel Labine , Papiers d'épidémie

Other Finalists:

• François Charron , Le Monde comme obstacle
• Louise Dupré , Bonheur
• Gilbert Langevin , La Saison hantée

Drama

Winner:

• Jean Marc Dalpé , Le Chien

Other Finalists:

• Normand Canac-Marquis , Le Syndrome de Cézanne
• Marie-Francine Hébert , Oui ou non
• Marco Micone , Déjà l'agonie
• André Ricard , Le Déversoir des larmes

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Patricia Smart , Écrire dans la maison du père

Other Finalists:

• Jacques Desautels , Dieux et Mythes de la Grèce ancienne
• Lucien Parizeau , Périples autour d'un langage
• Fernande Roy , Progrès, harmonie, liberté

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Michèle Marineau , Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais

Other Finalists:

• Denis Côté , Les prisonniers du zoo
• Cécile Gagnon , Châteaux de sable
• André Vanasse , Des Millions pour une chanson

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Philippe Béha , 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 , Nucléus

Other Finalists:

• Gérard Boulad , Profession: Religieuse
• Jean Lévesque and Michèle Venet , Le Rêve d'une génération
• Michel Saint-Germain , Flagrant Délice

Other Governor General's Awards: