1988 Governor General's Awards

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

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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

French

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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
Poetry Blue ribbon Marcel Labine, Papiers d'épidémie
Drama Blue ribbon Jean-Marc Dalpé, Le Chien
Children's literature Blue ribbon Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots
English to French translation Blue ribbon Didier Holtzwarth, Nucléus

References

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  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.