1988 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1988 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.

English Language

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"

French Language

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"

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