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Friday, July 25, 2008

1989 Governor General's Awards

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.

Table of contents
1 English Language
2 French Language
3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

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

Poetry

Winner:

  • Heather Spears, The Word for Sand

Other Finalists:
  • Tim Lilburn, Tourist to Ecstasy
  • Stephen Scobie, Dunino

Drama

Winner:

  • Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the Dark

Other Finalists:
  • Tomson Highway , Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
  • John Krizanc, Tamara

Non-Fiction

Winner:

  • Robert Calder, Willie-The Life of W. Somerset Maugham

Other Finalists:
  • Janice Boddy, Wombs and Alien Spirits
  • Robert MacNeil, Wordstruck
  • Dale A. Russell, An Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

  • Diana Wieler, Bad Boy

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

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

  • Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush

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

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

  • Wayne Grady, On the Eighth Day

Other Finalists:
  • Arlette Francière, Kaleidoscope
  • Donald Winkler, Rose and Thorn

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:

Poetry

Winner:

  • Pierre Desruisseaux, Monème

Other Finalists:
  • Christiane Frenette, Cérémonie mémoire
  • Elise Turcotte, La Terre est ici

Drama

Winner:

  • Michel Garneau, Mademoiselle Rouge

Other Finalists:

Non-Fiction

Winner:

  • Lise Noël, L'Intolérance : une problématique générale

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

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

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?

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

Other Governor General's Awards:

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