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1988 Governor General's Awards

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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English Language

Fiction

Winner:

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:

Other Finalists:

Drama

Winner:

Other Finalists:

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:

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:

Last updated: 08-04-2005 18:46:14
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