1989 Governor General's Awards

English Language

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

French Language

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
• Elise 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

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