1987 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 November 2018 Each winner of the 1987 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit nominally increased in number from 8 in 1986 to 14 in 1987, with the addition of four awards for children's book writing and illustration and two awards for translation. The four Children's Literature awards, however, were simply the four annual Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes (1975 to 1986) under a new name. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction M. T. Kelly, A Dream Like MineDavid Gurr, The Ring Master Rohinton Mistry, Tales from Firozsha Baag Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion Carol Shields, Swann: A Mystery Non-fiction Michael Ignatieff, The Russian AlbumJanice Kulyk Keefer, Under Eastern Eyes P. K. Page, Brazilian Journal Poetry Gwendolyn MacEwen, AfterworldsDi Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother Roy Kiyooka, Pear Tree Pomes Sharon Thesen, The Beginning of the Long Dash Drama John Krizanc, PragueWendy Lill, The Occupation of Heather Rose Michael D.C. McKinlay, Walt and Roy Sharon Pollock, Whiskey Six Cadenza Children's literature Morgan Nyberg, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach ArmyWelwyn Wilton Katz, False Face Donn Kushner, A Book Dragon Russell McRae, Going to the Dogs Children's illustration Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day MagicJohn Bianchi, Exploring the Night Sky László Gál, The Enchanted Tapestry Shawn Steffler, Flights of Magic French to English translation Patricia Claxton, Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle RoySheila Fischman, Heartbreaks Along the Road Anthony Martin-Sperry, Languages and Their Territories Patricia Sillers, The Dragon and Other Laurentian Tales French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Gilles Archambault, fr L'obsédante obèse et autres agressionsAndré Major, fr L'Hiver au coeur Jacques Marchand, fr Premier mouvement Francine Noël, fr Myriam première Non-fiction Jean Larose, La petite noirceurLise Bissonnette, La passion du présent Marcel Trudel, Mémoire d'un autre siècle Poetry Fernand Ouellette, Les HeuresHugues Corriveau, Mobiles Normand de Bellefeuille, Heureusement, ici il y à la guerre Gérald Godin, Ils ne demandaient qu'à brûler Drama Jeanne-Mance Delisle, Un oiseau vivant dans la gueuleSuzanne Aubry, La Nuit des p'tits couteaux Marie Laberge, Oublier Michel Tremblay, Le vrai monde? Children's literature David Schinkel and Yves Beauchesne, Le DonGinette Anfousse, Les catastrophes de Rosalie Denis Côté, Nocturnes pour Jessie Vincent Lauzon, Le pays à l'envers Children's illustration Darcia Labrosse, Venir au mondeHélène Desputeaux, Bonne fête Madeleine Stéphane Poulin, Les animaux en hiver Gilles Tibo, Annabel Lee English to French translation Ivan Steenhout and Christiane Teasdale, L'Homme qui se croyait aiméJean-Pierre Fournier, Jacob Deux-Deux et le dinosaure Ivan Steenhout, La couleur du sang Claudine Vivier, La Dialectique de la reproduction 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 General's Awards Governor General's Awards Category:1987 awards in Canada