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
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Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts
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:- M.T. Kelly, A Dream Like Mine
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- David GurrDavid GurrDavid Hugh Courtney Gurr is a Canadian writer and author of literary novels and political thrillers. He was born William Le Breton Harvey Brisbane-Bedwell in 1936 in London, England but his name was changed by adoption in 1941. He was educated at and University College in England before emigrating...
, The Ring Master - Rohinton MistryRohinton MistryRohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian writer in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry is of Indian origin, originally from Mumbai, Zoroastrian and belongs to the Parsi community. Mistry is a Neustadt International Prize for Literature laureate .-Biography:Rohinton Mistry was...
, Tales from Firozsha BaagTales from Firozsha BaagTales From Firozsha Baag is a collection of 11 short stories by Rohinton Mistry about the residents of Firozsha Baag, a Parsi-dominated apartment complex in Mumbai . Mistry's first book, it was published by Penguin Canada in 1987... - Michael OndaatjeMichael OndaatjePhilip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...
, In the Skin of a LionIn the Skin of a LionIn the Skin of a Lion is a novel by Canadian/Sri Lankan writer Michael Ondaatje. It was first published in 1987 by McClelland and Stewart. The novel fictionalises the lives of the immigrants whose contributions to building Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of the city's official history... - Carol ShieldsCarol ShieldsCarol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...
, Swann: A MysterySwann: A MysterySwann: A Mystery is a novel by the late Carol Shields which details the impact of an obscure Canadian poet, Mary Swann, upon four individuals: a feminist literary critic, the poet's biographer, a small-town librarian, and a crusty, brilliant newspaper editor...
Poetry
Winner:- Gwendolyn MacEwenGwendolyn MacEwenGwendolyn Margaret MacEwen was a Canadian poet and novelist. A "sophisticated, wide-ranging and thoughtful writer," she published more than 20 books in her brief life. "A sense of magic and mystery from her own interests in the Gnostics, Ancient Egypt and magic itself, and from her wonderment at...
, Afterworlds
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- Di BrandtDi BrandtDi Brandt is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Dionne Brand.-Biography:...
, Questions I Asked My Mother - Roy KiyookaRoy KiyookaRoy Kenzie Kiyooka, was an influential Canadian arts teacher, painter, poet, photographer, multi-media artist of national and international acclaim....
, Pear Tree Pomes - Sharon ThesenSharon ThesenSharon Thesen is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at UBC-O.In 2003, Thesen was a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize.-Bibliography:*Artemis Hates Romance - 1980...
, The Beginning of the Long Dash
Drama
Winner:- John KrizancJohn KrizancJohn Krizanc is a Canadian playwright who established an international reputation with his non-linear work, Tamara. Its Toronto production won him a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1982.-Writing career:...
, Prague
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- Wendy LillWendy LillWendy Lill is an award-winning Canadian playwright, screenwriter and radio dramatist who served as an NDP Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2004. Her stage plays have been performed extensively in theatres across Canada as well as internationally in such countries as Scotland, Denmark and Germany...
, The Occupation of Heather Rose - Michael D.C. McKinlay, Walt and Roy
- Sharon PollockSharon PollockSharon Pollock is a Canadian playwright, actor, director, who lives in Calgary, Alberta. She has been Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary , Theatre New Brunswick and Performance Kitchen & The Garry Theatre, the latter which she herself founded in 1992. In 2007, she was made a Fellow of the Royal...
, Whiskey Six Cadenza
Non-Fiction
Winner:- Michael IgnatieffMichael IgnatieffMichael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011...
, The Russian Album
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- Janice Kulyk KeeferJanice Kulyk KeeferJanice Kulyk Keefer is a Canadian novelist and poet.Born in Toronto, she studied literature at universities in England and France, and currently teaches literature and theatre in the graduate studies department at the University of Guelph....
, Under Eastern Eyes - P.K. Page, Brazilian Journal
Children's Literature - Text
Winner:- Morgan Nyberg, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army
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- 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...
, False Face - Donn Kushner, A Book Dragon
- Russell McRae, Going to the Dogs
Children's Literature - Illustration
Winner:- Marie-Louise GayMarie-Louise GayMarie-Louise Gay is a Canadian children’s author and illustrator.- Background :Born in Quebec City, as a child she lived in Montreal and Vancouver. Gay has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple...
, 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 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...
, Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy
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- Sheila FischmanSheila FischmanSheila Leah Fischman, CM is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature....
, Heartbreaks Along the Road - Anthony Martin-Sperry, Languages and Their Territories
- Patricia Sillers, The Dragon and Other Laurentian Tales
Fiction
Winner:- Gilles ArchambaultGilles ArchambaultGilles Archambault is a Canadian/Québécois novelist.He studied at the Université de Montréal in 1957, and then worked at Radio-Canada, while working as a journalist...
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- André Major,
- Jacques Marchand,
- Francine NoëlFrancine NoëlFrancine Noël is a Canadian writer, whose 2005 work La Femme de ma vie won the 2006 edition of Première Chaîne's Le Combat des livres.She teaches theatre at the Université du Québec à Montréal.-Awards and nominations:...
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Poetry
Winner:- Fernand Ouellette, Les Heures
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- Hugues Corriveau, Mobiles
- Normand de Bellefeuille, Heureusement, ici il y à la guerre
- Gérald GodinGérald GodinGérald Godin was a Quebec poet and politician.Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he worked as a journalist at La Presse and other newspapers and magazines...
, Ils ne demandaient qu'à brûler
Drama
Winner:- Jeanne-Mance Delisle, Un oiseau vivant dans la gueule
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- Suzanne Aubry, La Nuit des p'tits couteaux
- Marie Laberge, Oublier
- Michel TremblayMichel TremblayMichel Tremblay, CQ is a Canadian novelist and playwright.Tremblay grew up in the Plateau Mont-Royal, a French-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal, at the time of his birth a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect, something that would heavily influence his work...
, Le vrai monde?
Non-Fiction
Winner:- Jean Larose, La petite noirceur
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- Lise BissonnetteLise BissonnetteLise Bissonnette, OQ is a Canadian writer and journalist.Born in Rouyn, Quebec, Bissonnette studied education science at the Université de Montréal from 1965 to 1970. She later pursed doctoral studies at the University of Strasbourg and the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. In 1974, she...
, 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
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- Jean-Pierre Fournier, Jacob Deux-Deux et le dinosaure
- Ivan Steenhout, La couleur du sang
- Claudine Vivier, La Dialectique de la reproduction