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.

Contents

English Language

Fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Children's Literature - Text

Children's Literature - Illustration

Translation (From French to English)

French Language

Fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Children's Literature - Text

Children's Literature - Illustration

Translation (From English to French)

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 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''
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