The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 13, 1996.[1]
English
editCategory | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy |
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Non-fiction | John Ralston Saul, The Unconscious Civilization |
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Poetry | E. D. Blodgett, Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano |
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Drama | Colleen Wagner, The Monument |
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Children's literature | Paul Yee, Ghost Train |
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Children's illustration | Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift |
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French to English translation | Linda Gaboriau, Stone and Ashes (Daniel Danis, Cendres de cailloux) |
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French
editCategory | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Marie-Claire Blais, Soifs |
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Non-fiction | Michel Freitag, Le Naufrage de l'université – Et autres essais d'épistémologie politique |
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Poetry | Serge Patrice Thibodeau Le Quatuor de l'errance / La Traversée du désert |
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Drama | Normand Chaurette, Le Passage de l'Indiana |
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Children's literature | Gilles Tibo, Noémie – Le Secret de Madame Lumbago |
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Children's illustration | No award presented | |
English to French translation | Christiane Teasdale, Systèmes de survie – Dialogue sur les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique |
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References
edit- ^ Philip Marchand, "Vanderhaeghe wins second fiction prize". Toronto Star, November 13, 1996.