1986 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 Each winner of the 1986 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The four Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes, two each for children's book writers and illustrators, were outside the Governor General's Awards program for the last time. For Children's Literature Prize winners 1975 to 1986, see "Children's literature" (2) and "Children's illustration" (2) in the footer navigation box. Two awards for literary translation were also included, bringing the number of Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit from 8 in 1986 to 14 in 1987. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Alice Munro, The Progress of LoveLois Braun, A Stone Watermelon John Metcalf, Adult Entertainment Aritha van Herk, No Fixed Address Non-fiction Northrop Frye, Northrop Frye on ShakespeareClaude Bissell, The Imperial Canadian Phyllis Grosskurth, Melanie Klein Witold Rybczynski, Home Poetry Al Purdy, The Collected Poems of Al PurdyChristopher Dewdney, The Immaculate Perception John Newlove, The Night the Dog Smiled Drama Sharon Pollock, DocFrank Moher, Odd Jobs Allan Stratton, Papers French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Yvon Rivard, Les silences du corbeauPierre Nepveu, L'hiver de Mira Christophe Sylvain Trudel, Le souffle de l'Harmattan Non-fiction Régine Robin, Le réalisme socialiste: une esthétique impossibleMarcel Fournier, L'entrée dans la modernité: science, culture et société au Québec René Major, De l'élection: Freud face aux idéologies américaine, allemande et soviétique Poetry Cécile Cloutier, L'écoutéFrançois Charron, La chambre des miracles Normand de Bellefeuille, Catégoriques, un deux et trois Louise Dupré, Chambres Drama Anne Legault, La visite des sauvagesNormand Chaurette, Fragments d'une lettre d'adieu lus par des géologues Yves Desgagnés and Louise Roy, Les nouilles Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Le Titanic References "Canada Council Children's Literature Awards" [for English-language books].   "Canada Council Children's Literature in French Awards". online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-06. "Governor General's Literary Awards" [table of winners]. online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-06. Category:Governor General's Awards Governor Generals Awards, 1986 Governor Category:1986 awards in Canada