1996 Governor General's Awards
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English Language
Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
- Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
- Elisabeth Harvor, Let Me Be the One
- Janice Kulyk Keefer, The Green Library
- Cordelia Strube, Teaching Pigs to Sing
- Audrey Thomas, Coming Down from Wa
Poetry
Winner:
- E. D. Blodgett, Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano
Other Finalists:
- Elizabeth Brewster, Footnotes to the Book of Job
- Crispin Elsted, Climate and the Affections
- Charles Lillard, Shadow Weather
- Erin Mouré, Search Procedures
Drama
Winner:
- Colleen Wagner, The Monument
Other Finalists:
- Wendy Lill, The Glace Bay Miners' Museum
- John Mighton, The Little Years
- Michael O'Brien, Mad Boy Chronicle
- Betty Quan, Mother Tongue
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- John Ralston Saul, The Unconscious Civilization
Other Finalists:
- Roy MacGregor, The Home Team – Fathers, Sons & Hockey
- T. F. Rigelhof, A Blue Boy in a Black Dress
- Lake Sagaris, After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind
- Merilyn Simonds, The Convict Lover: A True Story
Children's Literature – Text
Winner:
- Paul Yee, Ghost Train
Other Finalists:
- Jan Andrews, Keri
- David Boyd, Bottom Drawer
- Gillian Chan, Glory Days and Other Stories
- Don Gillmor, The Fabulous Song
Children's Literature – Illustration
Winner:
- Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift
Other Finalists:
- Alan and Lea Daniel, Sody Salleratus
- Wang Kui, The Wise Washerman – A Folktale from Burma
- Johnny Wales, Gruntle Piggle Takes Off
- Werner Zimmermann, Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!
Translation – from French to English
Winner:
- Linda Gaboriau, Stone and Ashes
Other Finalists:
- Sheila Fischman, Ostend
- D.G. Jones, For Orchestra and Solo Poet
- Shelley Tepperman, In Vitro
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Marie-Claire Blais, Soifs
Other Finalists:
- Nancy Huston, Instruments des ténèbres
- Roger Magini, Un homme défait
- Jocelyne Saucier, La vie comme une image
- Lise Vaillancourt, L'Été des eiders
Poetry
Winner:
- Serge Patrice Thibodeau Le Quatuor de l'errance followed by La Traversée du désert
Other Finalists:
- José Acquelin, L'Oiseau respirable
- Jean Charlebois, De moins en moins l'amour de plus en plus
- Herménégilde Chiasson, Climats
- Louise Cotnoir, Dis-moi que j'imagine
Drama
Winner:
- Normand Chaurette, Le Passage de l'Indiana
Other Finalists:
- Suzanne Lebeau, Salvador – La Montagne, l'Enfant et la Mangue
- Wajdi Mouawad, Alphonse
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Michel Freitag, Le Naufrage de l'université – Et autres essais d'épistémologie politique
Other Finalists:
- Gérard Bouchard, Quelques arpents d'Amérique – Population, économie, famille au Saguenay 1838–1971
- Gilles Lapointe, L'Envol des signes – Borduas et ses lettres
- Benoît Melançon, Diderot épistolier – Contribution à une poétique de la lettre familière au XVIIIe siècle
- Denis Vaugeois, La Fin des alliances franco-indiennes – Enquête sur un sauf-conduit de 1760 devenu un traité en 1990
Children's Literature – Text
Winner:
- Gilles Tibo, Noémie – Le Secret de Madame Lumbago
Other Finalists:
- Sylvie Desrosiers, Le Long Silence
- Jacinthe Gaulin, Mon p'tit frère
- Daniel Sernine, L'Arc-en-cercle
- Hélène Vachon, Le Plus Proche Voisin
Children's Literature – Illustration The jury decided not to award the Prize in this category in 1996. The jury felt that none of the works submitted this year met the standards of excellence of the Governor General's Literary Awards.
Translation – from English to French
Winner:
- Christiane Teasdale, Systèmes de survie – Dialogue sur les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique
Other Finalists:
- Pierre DesRuisseaux, Contre-taille – Poèmes choisis de vingt-cinq auteurs canadiens-anglais
- Hélène Le Beau, Les Dangers de la pensée critique – Trois nouvelles
