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Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars 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.1 English Language
1.1 Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
- Joan Clark , The Victory of Geraldine Gull
- Mark Frutkin , Atmospheres Apollinaire
- Kenneth Radu , The Cost of Living
1.2 Poetry
Winner:
Other Finalists:
1.3 Drama
Winner:
- George F. Walker , Nothing Sacred
Other Finalists:
1.4 Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Anne Collins , In the Sleep Room
Other Finalists:
- Pierre Berton, The Arctic Grail
- Alan A. Borovoy , When Freedoms Collide
- Edith Iglauer , Fishing with John
1.5 Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Martha Brooks , Paradise Café and Other Stories
- Brian Doyle , Easy Avenue
- Jean Little , Little by Little
1.6 Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Kim LaFave , Amos's Sweater
Other Finalists:
- Marie-Louise Gay , Angel and the Polar Bear
- Jillian Hulme Gilliland , How the Devil Got His Cat
- Dayal Kaur Khalsa , Sleepers
- Jan Thornhill , The Wildlife ABC
1.7 Translation (From French to English)
Winner:
- Philip Stratford , Second Chance
Other Finalists:
- Arnold Bennett , The History of the Labour Movement in Quebec
- Jane Brierley , A Man of Sentiment: The Memoirs of Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
- David Homel , How to Make Love to a Negro
2 French Language
2.1 Fiction
Winner:
- Jacques Folch-Ribas , Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur
Other Finalists:
- Noël Audet , L'Ombre de l'épervier
- Normand Chaurette , Scènes d'enfants
- Christian Mistral , Vamp
2.2 Poetry
Winner:
- Marcel Labine , Papiers d'épidémie
Other Finalists:
- François Charron , Le Monde comme obstacle
- Louise Dupré , Bonheur
- Gilbert Langevin , La Saison hantée
2.3 Drama
Winner:
- Jean Marc Dalpé , Le Chien
Other Finalists:
- Normand Canac-Marquis , Le Syndrome de Cézanne
- Marie-Francine Hébert , Oui ou non
- Marco Micone , Déjà l'agonie
- André Ricard , Le Déversoir des larmes
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