1987 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1987 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 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.
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English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- M.T. Kelly, A Dream Like Mine
Other Finalists:
- David Gurr, The Ring Master
- Rohinton Mistry, Tales from Firozsha Baag
- Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
- Carol Shields, Swann: A Mystery
Poetry
Winner:
- Gwendolyn MacEwen, Afterworlds
Other Finalists:
- Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
- Roy Kiyooka, Pear Tree Pomes
- Sharon Thesen, The Beginning of the Long Dash
Drama
Winner:
- John Krizanc, Prague
Other Finalists:
- Wendy Lill, The Occupation of Heather Rose
- Michael D.C. McKinlay, Walt and Roy
- Sharon Pollock, Whiskey Six Cadenza
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Michael Ignatieff, The Russian Album
Other Finalists:
- Janice Kulyk Keefer, Under Eastern Eyes
- P.K. Page, Brazilian Journal
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- Morgan Nyberg, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army
Other Finalists:
- Welwyn Wilton Katz, False Face
- Donn Kushner, A Book Dragon
- Russell McRae, Going to the Dogs
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic
Other Finalists:
- John Bianchi, Exploring the Night Sky
- László Gál, The Enchanted Tapestry
- Shawn Steffler, Flights of Magic
Translation (French to English)
Winner:
- Patricia Claxton, Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy
Other Finalists:
- Sheila Fischman, Heartbreaks Along the Road
- Anthony Martin-Sperry, Languages and Their Territories
- Patricia Sillers, The Dragon and Other Laurentian Tales
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Gilles Archambault, L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions
Other Finalists:
- André Major, L'Hiver au coeur
- Jacques Marchand, Premier mouvement
- Francine Noël, Myriam première
Poetry
Winner:
- Fernand Ouellette, Les Heures
Other Finalists:
- Hugues Corriveau, Mobiles
- Normand de Bellefeuille, Heureusement, ici il y à la guerre
- Gérald Godin, Ils ne demandaient qu'à brûler
Drama
Winner:
- Jeanne-Mance Delisle, Un oiseau vivant dans la gueule
Other Finalists:
- Suzanne Aubry, La Nuit des p'tits couteaux
- Marie Laberge, Oublier
- Michel Tremblay, Le vrai monde?
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Jean Larose, La petite noirceur
Other Finalists:
- Lise Bissonnette, La passion du présent
- Marcel Trudel, Mémoire d'un autre siècle
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:
- David Schinkel and Yves Beauchesne, Le Don
Other Finalists:
- Ginette Anfousse, Les catastrophes de Rosalie
- Denis Côté, Nocturnes pour Jessie
- Vincent Lauzon, Le pays à l'envers
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:
- Darcia Labrosse, Venir au monde
Other Finalists:
- Hélène Desputeaux, Bonne fête Madeleine
- Stéphane Poulin, Les animaux en hiver
- Gilles Tibo, Annabel Lee
Translation (English to French)
Winner:
- Ivan Steenhout and Christiane Teasdale, L'Homme qui se croyait aimé
Other Finalists:
- Jean-Pierre Fournier, Jacob Deux-Deux et le dinosaure
- Ivan Steenhout, La couleur du sang
- Claudine Vivier, La Dialectique de la reproduction
Other Governor General's Awards
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