1990 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10000 and a specially bound edition of his or her book. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts
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Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
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Fiction
Winner:- Nino RicciNino RicciNino Ricci is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Leamington, Ontario to Italian immigrants, Virginio and Amelia Ricci, from the province of Isernia, Molise....
, Lives of the SaintsLives of the SaintsLives of the Saints is a novel by Nino Ricci. The author's first book, it forms the first part of a trilogy. The other two novels are In a Glass House and Where She Has Gone...
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- Sky LeeSky LeeSky Lee is a Canadian artist and novelist.Lee has published both feminist fiction and non-fiction and identifies as lesbian.-Personal life:...
, Disappearing Moon Café - Alice MunroAlice MunroAlice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize...
, Friend of My YouthFriend of My YouthFriend of My Youth is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McClelland and Stewart in 1990. It won the 1990 Trillium Book Award.-Stories:* "Friend of My Youth"* "Five Points"* "Meneseteung"* "Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass"... - Leslie Hall PinderLeslie Hall PinderLeslie Joyce Hall Pinder is a Canadian lawyer and writer.Born in Elrose, Saskatchewan, she earned a B.A. in English literature from the University of Saskatchewan and Dalhousie University in 1968. Pinder then worked as a court recorder while pursuing legal studies, obtaining her LL.B...
, On Double Tracks - Diane SchoemperlenDiane SchoemperlenDiane Mavis Schoemperlen is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and educated at Lakehead University....
, Man of My Dreams
Poetry
Winner:- Margaret AvisonMargaret AvisonMargaret Avison, OC was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. "Her work has often been praised for the beauty of its language and images."-Life:...
, No Time
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- Dionne BrandDionne BrandDionne Brand is a Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and documentarian. She was named Toronto's third Poet Laureate in September 2009.-Biography:...
, No Language Is Neutral - Patrick LanePatrick LanePatrick Lane is an award-winning Canadian poet. He has written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and is the author of the novel Red Dog, Red Dog.-Biography:...
, Winter
Drama
Winner:- Ann-Marie MacDonaldAnn-Marie MacDonaldAnn-Marie MacDonald is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany....
, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)Goodnight Desdemona is a 1988 comedic play by Ann-Marie MacDonald in which Constance Ledbelly, a young English literature professor from Queen's University, goes on a subconscious journey of self-discovery....
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- Audrey Butler, Black Friday?
- John MightonJohn MightonJohn Mighton, OC is a Canadian author and mathematician. He is the founder of JUMP , a charitable organization that works to educate students in mathematics. He is the author of The Myth of Ability and The End of Ignorance...
, Scientific Americans - George F. WalkerGeorge F. WalkerGeorge F. Walker, CM is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. He is one of Canada's most prolific playwrights, and also one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally.-Early years:...
, Love and Anger
Non-fiction
Winner:- Stephen ClarksonStephen ClarksonStephen Clarkson, is one of Canada’s preeminent political scientists and a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto....
& Christina McCallChristina McCallChristina McCall was a Canadian political writer.McCall studied English at the University of Toronto then spent the next 20 years as a journalist at The Globe and Mail, Saturday Night and Maclean's and as a senior editor at Chatelaine, as a senior political writer and author. She later worked...
, Trudeau and Our Times
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- Timothy FindleyTimothy FindleyTimothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O.Ont was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials.-Biography:...
, Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook - Eugene ForseyEugene ForseyEugene Alfred Forsey, served in the Canadian Senate from 1970 to 1979. He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.- Biography :...
, A Life on the Fringe: The Memoirs of Eugene Forsey - Ron Graham, God's Dominion: A Sceptic's Quest
- James King, The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:- Michael BedardMichael BedardMichael Bedard is a Canadian novelist. He was born and raised in Ontario, Canada . He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1971 with a BA in philosophy and English. He began writing when his former high school teacher showed him works of Emily Dickinson and T.S Eliot and became a fan of...
, Redwork
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- Jan Andrews, The Auction
- Brian DoyleBrian Doyle (writer)Brian Doyle is a well known Canadian author, whose children's books have been adapted into both movies and plays...
, Covered Bridge - Welwyn Wilton KatzWelwyn Wilton KatzWelwyn Wilton Katz is a Canadian children's author who has lived in Kitchener and Toronto, Ontario. In 1994 she was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award...
, Whale Singer
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:- Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy
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- Warabé Aska, Seasons
- Frances Tyrrell, The Huron Carol
Translation (from French to English)
Winner:- Jane Brierley, Yellow-Wolf and Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence
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- Patricia ClaxtonPatricia ClaxtonPatricia Claxton is an award-winning Canadian translator, primarily of Quebec literature.A native of Kingston, Ontario, Patricia Claxton spent most of her childhood in India. Upon returning to Canada, she has made Montreal, Quebec's largest city, and Canada's second-largest, her permanent residence...
, Letters to Bernadette - Sheila FischmanSheila FischmanSheila Leah Fischman, CM is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature....
, Benito - Tony Martin-Sperry, Charlevoix: Two Centuries at Murray Bay
- Susan Usher, Community Care and Participatory Research
Fiction
Winner:- Gérald Tougas, La Mauvaise foi
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- Louis Lefebvre, Le Collier d'Hurracan
- Michèle Mailhot, Le Passé composé
- Jean MarcelJean MarcelJean Marcel was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1961 to 1969 when the diocese split into three. Marcel then became Bishop of Antananarivo until 1975....
, Jérôme ou de la traduction - France Vézina, Osther, le chat criblé d'étoiles
Poetry
Winner:- Jean-Paul Daoust, Les Cendres bleues
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- Geneviève AmyotGeneviève AmyotGeneviève Amyot was a Canadian poet and novelist.Amyot was born in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec. She studied pedagogy at the École Normale Notre-Dame-De-Foy from 1961 to 1965, and then French at Laval University, where she received her degree in 1969...
, Corps d'atelier - André Brochu, Dans les chances de l'air
- Denise Desautels, Leçons de Venise
- Joël Des Rosiers, Tribu
Drama
Winner:- Jovette Marchessault, Le Voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr
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- René-Daniel DuboisRené-Daniel DuboisRené-Daniel Dubois is a Québécois playwright and actor.-Movie career:He is best known for his 1985 play Being at Home with Claude, which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 Thriller drama 5150 Elm's Way...
, Le Troisième fils du professeur Yourolov - Anne HébertAnne HébertAnne Hébert, CC, OQ , was a Canadian author and poet. She is a descendant of famed French-Canadian historian Francois-Xavier Garneau, "and has carried on the family literary tradition spectacularly."...
, L'Île de la Demoiselle
Non-fiction
Winner:- Jean-François LiséeJean-François LiséeJean-François Lisée is a Québécois political analyst, journalist, author, intellectual and well-known sovereigntist thinker. He has been special advisor to Parti Québécois Premiers of Quebec Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard. He is presently Executive Director of the Centre d'études et de...
, Dans l'oeil de l'aigle
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- Gérard Bergeron, Petit traité de l'État de France
- Martin Blais, L'Autre Thomas d'Aquin
- Daniel Latouche, Le Bazar
- Laurent-Michel VacherLaurent-Michel VacherLaurent-Michel Vacher was a French-born, French Canadian philosopher, writer, journalist and teacher ....
, L'Empire du moderne
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:- Christiane Duchesne, La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic
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- José Fréchette, L'Automne à 15 ans
- Philippe Gauthier, L'Héritage de Qader
- Johanne Massé, Le Passé en péril
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:- Pierre Pratt, Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri
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- Mireille Levert, Jérémie et Mme Ming,
- Stéphane Poulin, Les Amours de ma mère,
Translation (from English to French)
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- Charlotte et Robert MelançonRobert MelançonRobert Melançon is a Canadian writer.He is professor of literature at the University of Montreal since 1972.-Honors:* 2003 - Prix Victor-Barbeau 2003 - Victor Barbeau...
, Le Second rouleau
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- Claire Dupond, Lettres à un ami québécois
- Ivan Steenhout, Onyx John