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Friday, October 10, 2008

1987 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1987 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.

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 Children's Literature - Illustration
1.7 Translation (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 (English to French)

3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

M.T. Kelly, A Dream Like Mine

Other Finalists:

David Gurr, The Ring Master

Rohinton Mistry, Tales from Firozsha Baag
Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
Carol Shields, Swann: a mystery

Poetry

Winner:

Gwendolyn MacEwen, Afterworlds

Other Finalists:

Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
Roy Kiyooka, Pear Tree Pomes
Sharon Thesen, The Beginning of the Long Dash

Drama

Winner:

John Krizanc, Prague

Other Finalists:

Wendy Lill, The Occupation of Heather Rose

Michael D.C. McKinlay, Walt and Roy

Sharon Pollock, Whiskey Six Cadenza

Non-Fiction

Winner:

Michael Ignatieff, The Russian Album

Other Finalists:

Janice Kulyk Keefer, Under Eastern Eyes
P.K. Page, Brazilian Journal

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

Morgan Nyberg, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army

Other Finalists:

Welwyn Wilton Katz, False Face
Donn Kushner, A Book Dragon
Russell McRae, Going to the Dogs

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic

Other Finalists:

John Bianchi, Exploring the Night Sky
L�szl� G�l, The Enchanted Tapestry
Shawn Steffler, Flights of Magic

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

Patricia Claxton, Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy

Other Finalists:

Sheila Fischman, Heartbreaks Along the Road
Anthony Martin-Sperry, Languages and Their Territories
Patricia Sillers, The Dragon and Other Laurentian Tales

French Language

Fiction

Gilles Archambault, L'obs�dante ob�se et autres agressions

Other Finalists:

Andr� Major, L'Hiver au coeur
Jacques Marchand, Premier mouvement
Francine No�l, Myriam premi�re

Poetry

Winner:

Fernand Ouellette, Les Heures

Other Finalists:

Hugues Corriveau, Mobiles
Normand de Bellefeuille, Heureusement, ici il y a la guerre
G�rald Godin, Ils ne demandaient qu'� br�ler

Drama

Winner:

Jeanne-Mance Delisle, Un oiseau vivant dans la gueule

Other Finalists:

Suzanne Aubry, La Nuit des p'tits couteaux

Marie Laberge, Oublier

Michel Tremblay, Le vrai monde?

Non-Fiction

Winner:

Jean Larose, La petite noirceur

Other Finalists:

Lise Bissonnette, La passion du pr�sent
Marcel Trudel, M�moire d'un autre si�cle

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

David Schinkel and Yves Beauchesne, Le Don

Other Finalists:

Ginette Anfousse, Les catastrophes de Rosalie
Denis C�t�, Nocturnes pour Jessie
Vincent Lauzon, Le pays � l'envers

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

Darcia Labrosse, Venir au monde

Other Finalists:

H�l�ne Desputeaux, Bonne f�te Madeleine
St�phane Poulin, Les animaux en hiver
Gilles Tibo, Annabel Lee

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

Ivan Steenhout and Christiane Teasdale, L'Homme qui se croyait aim�

Other Finalists:

Jean-Pierre Fournier, Jacob Deux-Deux et le dinosaure
Ivan Steenhout, La couleur du sang
Claudine Vivier, La Dialectique de la reproduction

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