Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada.[1] The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[2]

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon David Adams Richards, Nights Below Station Street
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room
Poetry Blue ribbon Erín Moure, Furious
Drama Blue ribbon George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred
Children's literature Blue ribbon Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater
French to English translation Blue ribbon Philip Stratford, Second Chance
  • 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

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Jacques Folch-Ribas, Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Patricia Smart, Écrire dans la maison du père
  • Jacques Desautels, Dieux et Mythes de la Grèce ancienne
  • Lucien Parizeau, Périples autour d'un langage
  • Fernande Roy, Progrès, harmonie, liberté
Poetry Blue ribbon Marcel Labine, Papiers d'épidémie
  • François Charron, Le Monde comme obstacle
  • Louise Dupré, Bonheur
  • Gilbert Langevin, La Saison hantée
Drama Blue ribbon Jean-Marc Dalpé, Le Chien
Children's literature Blue ribbon Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais
  • Denis Côté, Les prisonniers du zoo
  • Cécile Gagnon, Châteaux de sable
  • André Vanasse, Des Millions pour une chanson
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots
  • Sylvie Daigle, Le Mot de passe
  • Pierre Pratt, Peut-il, peut-elle?
  • Gilles Tibo, Simon et les flocons de neige
English to French translation Blue ribbon Didier Holtzwarth, Nucléus
  • Gérard Boulad, Profession: Religieuse
  • Jean Lévesque and Michèle Venet, Le Rêve d'une génération
  • Michel Saint-Germain, Flagrant Délice

References

  1. ↑ "New Brunswick writer wins national race for top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 1989.
  2. ↑ "Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary awards". Montreal Gazette, February 1, 1989.
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