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1989 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1989 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:

  • Paul Quarrington, Whale Music

    • 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

    • Fiction

    Winner:

  • Louis Hamelin, La Rage

    • Other Finalists:

  • Robert Lalonde, Le Diable en personne
  • Jacques Poulin, Le Vieux Chagrin

    • Poetry

    Winner:

  • Pierre DesRuisseaux, Monème

    • Other Finalists:

  • Christiane Frenette, Cérémonie mémoire
  • Élise Turcotte, La Terre est ici

    • Drama

    Winner:

  • Michel Garneau, Mademoiselle Rouge

    • Other Finalists:

  • Michel Marc Bouchard, Les Muses orphelines
  • Robert Claing, La Femme d'intérieur

    • 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

    • References

    1989 Governor General's Awards Wikipedia
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