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1990 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award

Canadian literary award

The 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were prizes awarded to authors in 1990. Each winner of the prize received $10000 and a specially bound edition of their book. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

English

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction'*Nino Ricci, *Lives of the Saints'''''
Non-fiction'*Stephen Clarkson & Christina McCall, *Trudeau and Our Times'''''
Poetry'*Margaret Avison, *No Time'''''
Drama'*Ann-Marie MacDonald, *Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)'''''
Children's literature'*Michael Bedard, *Redwork'''''
Children's illustration'*Paul Morin, *The Orphan Boy'''''
French to English translation'*Jane Brierley, *Yellow-Wolf and Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence'''''

French

CategoryWinnerNominated
Fiction'*Gérald Tougas, *La Mauvaise foi'''''
Non-fiction'*Jean-François Lisée, *Dans l'oeil de l'aigle'''''
Poetry'*Jean-Paul Daoust, *Les Cendres bleues'''''
Drama'*Jovette Marchessault, *Le Voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr'''''
Children's literature'*Christiane Duchesne, *La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic'''''
Children's illustration'*Pierre Pratt, *Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri'''''
English to French translation'*Charlotte Melançon and Robert Melançon, *Le Second rouleau'''''

References

References

  1. Philip Marchand, "Toronto's Nino Ricci wins top book prize". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', January 23, 1991.
  2. "Prominent names among nominees". ''[[Windsor Star]]'', November 17, 1990.
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