1989 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 Each winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada."Governor General's awards announced". North Bay Nugget, March 10, 1990. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts."Three B.C. writers in running for awards". Vancouver Sun, February 7, 1990. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Paul Quarrington, Whale MusicAnn Copeland, The Golden Thread Helen Weinzweig, A View from the Roof Non-fiction Robert Calder, Willie: The Life of W. Somerset MaughamJanice Boddy, Wombs and Alien Spirits Robert MacNeil, Wordstruck Dale A. Russell, An Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America Poetry Heather Spears, The Word for SandTim Lilburn, Tourist to Ecstasy Stephen Scobie, Dunino Drama Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the DarkTomson Highway, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing John Krizanc, Tamara Children's literature Diana Wieler, Bad BoyKit Pearson, The Sky is Falling Eliane Corbeil Roe, Circle of Light Children's illustration Robin Muller, The Magic PaintbrushMichèle Lemieux, A Gift from Saint Francis Jan Thornhill, The Wildlife 123 French to English translation Wayne Grady, On the Eighth DayArlette Francière, Kaleidoscope Donald Winkler, Rose and Thorn French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Louis Hamelin, La RageRobert Lalonde, Le Diable en personne Jacques Poulin, Le Vieux Chagrin Non-fiction Lise Noël, L'Intolérance : une problématique généraleJean Éthier-Blais, Fragments d'une enfance Pierre Morency, L'Oeil américain Poetry Pierre DesRuisseaux, MonèmeChristiane Frenette, Cérémonie mémoire Élise Turcotte, La Terre est ici Drama Michel Garneau, Mademoiselle RougeMichel Marc Bouchard, Les Muses orphelines Robert Claing, La Femme d'intérieur Children's literature Charles Montpetit, Temps mortJacques Lazure, Le Domaine des Sans Yeux Joceline Sanschagrin, La Fille aux cheveux rouges Children's illustration Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga des oreillersFrédéric Back, L'Homme qui plantait des arbres Philippe Béha, Mais que font les fées avec toutes ces dents? English to French translation Jean Antonin Billard, Les Âges de l'amourRonald Guévremont, Comme un vent chaud de Chine Christine Klein-Lataud, Un Oiseau dans la maison References Category:Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Category:1989 awards in Canada