1988 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada.[1] The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[2]

English edit

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   David Adams Richards, Nights Below Station Street
Non-fiction   Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room
Poetry   Erín Moure, Furious
Drama   George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred
Children's literature   Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic
Children's illustration   Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater
French to English translation   Philip Stratford, Second Chance

French edit

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Jacques Folch-Ribas, Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur
Non-fiction   Patricia Smart, Écrire dans la maison du père
Poetry   Marcel Labine, Papiers d'épidémie
Drama   Jean-Marc Dalpé, Le Chien
Children's literature   Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais
Children's illustration   Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots
English to French translation   Didier Holtzwarth, Nucléus

References edit

  1. ^ "New Brunswick writer wins national race for top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 1989.
  2. ^ "Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary awards". Montreal Gazette, February 1, 1989.