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1988 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 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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Fiction

Winner:

  • David Adams Richards, Nights Below Station Street

    • Other Finalists:

  • Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
  • Joan Clark, The Victory of Geraldine Gull
  • Mark Frutkin, Atmospheres Apollinaire
  • Kenneth Radu, The Cost of Living

    • Poetry

    Winner:

  • Erin Mouré, Furious

    • Other Finalists:

  • Lorna Crozier, Angels of Flesh, Angels of Silence
  • Christopher Dewdney, Radiant Inventory
  • David McFadden, Gypsy Guitar
  • Peter Dale Scott, Coming to Jakarta

    • Drama

    Winner:

  • George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred

    • Other Finalists:

  • Dennis Foon, Skin from Skin and Liars
  • Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters
  • Maureen Hunter, Footprints on the Moon

    • Non-fiction

    Winner:

  • Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room

    • Other Finalists:

  • Pierre Berton, The Arctic Grail
  • Alan Borovoy, When Freedoms Collide
  • Edith Iglauer, Fishing with John

    • Children's Literature – Text

    Winner:

  • Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic

    • Other Finalists:

  • Martha Brooks, Paradise Café and Other Stories
  • Brian Doyle, Easy Avenue
  • Jean Little, Little by Little

    • Children's Literature – Illustration

    Winner:

  • Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater

    • Other Finalists:

  • Marie-Louise Gay, Angel and the Polar Bear
  • Jillian Hulme Gilliland, How the Devil Got His Cat
  • Dayal Kaur Khalsa, Sleepers
  • Jan Thornhill, The Wildlife ABC

    • Translation (From French to English)

    Winner:

  • Philip Stratford, Second Chance

    • Other Finalists:

  • Arnold Bennett, The History of the Labour Movement in Quebec
  • Jane Brierley, A Man of Sentiment: The Memoirs of Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
  • David Homel, How to Make Love to a Negro

    • Fiction

    Winner:

  • Jacques Folch-Ribas, Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur

    • Other Finalists:

  • Noël Audet, L'Ombre de l'épervier
  • Normand Chaurette, Scènes d'enfants
  • Christian Mistral, Vamp

    • Poetry

    Winner:

  • Marcel Labine, Papiers d'épidémie

    • Other Finalists:

  • François Charron, Le Monde comme obstacle
  • Louise Dupré, Bonheur
  • Gilbert Langevin, La Saison hantée

    • Drama

    Winner:

  • Jean-Marc Dalpé, Le Chien

    • Other Finalists:

  • Normand Canac-Marquis, Le Syndrome de Cézanne
  • Marie-Francine Hébert, Oui ou non
  • Marco Micone, Déjà l'agonie
  • André Ricard, Le Déversoir des larmes

    • Non-fiction

    Winner:

  • Patricia Smart, Écrire dans la maison du père

    • Other Finalists:

  • Jacques Desautels, Dieux et Mythes de la Grèce ancienne
  • Lucien Parizeau, Périples autour d'un langage
  • Fernande Roy, Progrès, harmonie, liberté

    • Children's Literature – Text

    Winner:

  • Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais

    • Other Finalists:

  • Denis Côté, Les prisonniers du zoo
  • Cécile Gagnon, Châteaux de sable
  • André Vanasse, Des Millions pour une chanson

    • Children's Literature – Illustration

    Winner:

  • Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots

    • Other Finalists:

  • Sylvie Daigle, Le Mot de passe
  • Pierre Pratt, Peut-il, peut-elle?
  • Gilles Tibo, Simon et les flocons de neige

    • Translation (From English to French)

    Winner:

  • Didier Holtzwarth, Nucléus

    • Other Finalists:

  • Gérard Boulad, Profession: Religieuse
  • Jean Lévesque and Michèle Venet, Le Rêve d'une génération
  • Michel Saint-Germain, Flagrant Délice

    • References

    1988 Governor General's Awards Wikipedia
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