1989 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1989 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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[edit] English language

[edit] Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:

  • Ann Copeland, The Golden Thread
  • Helen Weinzweig, A View from the Roof

[edit] Poetry

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[edit] Drama

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[edit] Non-fiction

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[edit] Children's literature - text

Winner:

  • Diana Wieler, Bad Boy

Other Finalists:

  • Kit Pearson, The Sky is Falling
  • Eliane Corbeil Roe, Circle of Light

[edit] Children's literature - illustration

Winner:

  • Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush

Other Finalists:

  • Michèle Lemieux, A Gift from Saint Francis
  • Jan Thornhill, The Wildlife 123

[edit] Translation (French to English)

Winner:

Other Finalists:

  • Arlette Francière, Kaleidoscope
  • Donald Winkler, Rose and Thorn

[edit] French language

[edit] Fiction

Winner:

  • Louis Hamelin, La Rage

Other Finalists:

  • Robert Lalonde, Le Diable en personne
  • Jacques Poulin, Le Vieux Chagrin

[edit] Poetry

Winner:

  • Pierre Desruisseaux, Monème

Other Finalists:

  • Christiane Frenette, Cérémonie mémoire
  • Élise Turcotte, La Terre est ici

[edit] Drama

Winner:

  • Michel Garneau, Mademoiselle Rouge

Other Finalists:

[edit] Non-fiction

Winner:

  • Lise Noël, L'Intolérance : une problématique générale

Other Finalists:

  • Jean Éthier-Blais, Fragments d'une enfance
  • Pierre Morency, L'Oeil américain

[edit] Children's literature - text

Winner:

  • Charles Montpetit, Temps mort

Other Finalists:

  • Jacques Lazure, Le Domaine des Sans Yeux
  • Joceline Sanschagrin, La Fille aux cheveux rouges

[edit] Children's literature - illustration

Winner:

  • Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga des oreillers

Other Finalists:

  • Frédéric Back, L'Homme qui plantait des arbres
  • Philippe Béha, Mais que font les fées avec toutes ces dents?

[edit] Translation (English to French)

Winner:

  • Jean Antonin Billard, Les Âges de l'amour

Other Finalists:

  • Ronald Guévremont, Comme un vent chaud de Chine
  • Christine Klein-Lataud, Un Oiseau dans la maison

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