1988 Governor General's Awards

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 A. 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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