1990 Governor General's Awards

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Nino Ricci[?], Lives of the Saints

Other Finalists:

• Sky Lee[?], Disappearing Moon Café
• Alice Munro[?], Friend of My Youth
• Leslie Hall Pinder[?], On Double Tracks
• Diane Schoemperlen[?], Man of My Dreams

Poetry

Winner:

• Margaret Avison, No Time

Other Finalists:

• Dionne Brand, No Language Is Neutral
• Patrick Lane[?], Winter

Drama

Winner:

• Ann-Marie MacDonald[?], Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

Other Finalists:

• Audrey Butler[?], Black Friday?
• John Mighton[?], Scientific Americans
• George F. Walker[?], Love and Anger

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Stephen Clarkson[?] & Christina McCall[?], Trudeau and Our Times

Other Finalists:

• Timothy Findley, Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook
• Eugene Forsey[?], A Life on the Fringe: The Memoirs of Eugene Forsey
• Ron Graham[?], God's Dominion: A Sceptic's Quest
• James King[?], The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Michael Bedard[?], Redwork

Other Finalists:

• Jan Andrews[?], The Auction
• Brian Doyle[?], Covered Bridge
• Welwyn Wilton Katz[?], Whale Singer

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Paul Morin[?], The Orphan Boy

Other Finalists:

• Warabé Aska[?], Seasons
• Frances Tyrrell[?], The Huron Carol

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

• Jane Brierley[?], Yellow-Wolf and Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence

Other Finalists:

• Patricia Claxton[?], Letters to Bernadette
• Sheila Fischman[?], Benito
• Tony Martin-Sperry[?], Charlevoix: Two Centuries at Murray Bay
• Susan Usher[?], Community Care and Participatory Research

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Gérald Tougas[?], La Mauvaise foi

Other Finalists:

• Louis Lefebvre[?], Le Collier d'Hurracan
• Michèle Mailhot[?], Le Passé composé
• Jean Marcel[?], Jérôme ou de la traduction
• France Vézina[?], Osther, le chat criblé d'étoiles

Poetry

Winner:

• Jean-Paul Daoust[?], Les Cendres bleues

Other Finalists:

• Geneviève Amyot[?], Corps d'atelier
• André Brochu[?], Dans les chances de l'air
• Denise Desautels[?], Leçons de Venise
• Joël Des Rosiers[?], Tribu

Drama

Winner:

• Jovette Marchessault[?], Le Voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr

Other Finalists:

• René-Daniel Dubois[?], Le Troisième fils du professeur Yourolov
• Anne Hébert[?], L'Île de la Demoiselle

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Jean-François Lisée[?], Dans l'oeil de l'aigle

Other Finalists:

• Gérard Bergeron[?], Petit traité de l'État de France
• Martin Blais[?], L'Autre Thomas d'Aquin
• Daniel Latouche[?], Le Bazar
• Laurent-Michel Vacher[?], L'Empire du moderne

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Christiane Duchesne[?], La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic

Other Finalists:

• José Fréchette[?], L'Automne à 15 ans
• Philippe Gauthier[?], L'Héritage de Qader
• Johanne Massé[?], Le Passé en péril

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Pierre Pratt[?], Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri

Other Finalists:

• Mireille Levert[?], Jérémie et Mme Ming,
• Stéphane Poulin[?], Les Amours de ma mère,

Translation (from English to French)

Winner:

• Charlotte[?] et Robert Melançon[?], Le Second rouleau

Other Finalists:

• Claire Dupond[?], Lettres à un ami québécois
• Ivan Steenhout[?], Onyx John

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