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1996 Governor General's Awards
Canadian literary award
Canadian literary award
The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 13, 1996.
English
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | '*Guy Vanderhaeghe, *The Englishman's Boy''''' | |
| Non-fiction | '*John Ralston Saul, *The Unconscious Civilization''''' | |
| Poetry | '*E. D. Blodgett, *Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano''''' | |
| Drama | '*Colleen Wagner, *The Monument''''' | |
| Children's literature | '*Paul Yee, *Ghost Train''''' | |
| Children's illustration | '*Eric Beddows, *The Rooster's Gift''''' | |
| French to English translation | '*Linda Gaboriau, *Stone and Ashes'''* (Daniel Danis, *Cendres de cailloux'') |
French
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | '*Marie-Claire Blais, *Soifs''''' | |
| Non-fiction | '*Michel Freitag, *Le Naufrage de l'université – Et autres essais d'épistémologie politique''''' | |
| Poetry | '*Serge Patrice Thibodeau *Le Quatuor de l'errance / La Traversée du désert''''' | |
| Drama | '*Normand Chaurette, *Le Passage de l'Indiana''''' | |
| Children's literature | '*Gilles Tibo, *Noémie – Le Secret de Madame Lumbago''''' | |
| 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''''' |
References
References
- Philip Marchand, "Vanderhaeghe wins second fiction prize". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 13, 1996.
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