The 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were prizes awarded to authors in 1990.[1] Each winner of the prize received $10000 and a specially bound edition of their book. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[2]
English edit
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction |  Nino Ricci, Lives of the Saints
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| Non-fiction | Stephen Clarkson & Christina McCall, Trudeau and Our Times
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| Poetry | Margaret Avison, No Time
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| Drama | Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
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| Children's literature | Michael Bedard, Redwork
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| Children's illustration | Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy
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| French to English translation | Jane Brierley, Yellow-Wolf and Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence
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French edit
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction | Gérald Tougas, La Mauvaise foi
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| Non-fiction | Jean-François Lisée, Dans l'oeil de l'aigle
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| Poetry | Jean-Paul Daoust, Les Cendres bleues
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| Drama | Jovette Marchessault, Le Voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr
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| Children's literature | Christiane Duchesne, La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic
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| Children's illustration | Pierre Pratt, Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri
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| English to French translation | Charlotte Melançon and Robert Melançon, Le Second rouleau
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References edit
- ^ Philip Marchand, "Toronto's Nino Ricci wins top book prize". Toronto Star, January 23, 1991.
- ^ "Prominent names among nominees". Windsor Star, November 17, 1990.