1990 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

English Language

Fiction

Winner:
*Nino Ricci, "Lives of the Saints"

Other Finalists:
*Sky Lee, "Disappearing Moon Café"
*Alice Munro, "Friend of My Youth"
*Leslie Hall Pinder, "On Double Tracks"
*Diane Schoemperlen, "Man of My Dreams"

Poetry

Winner:
*Margaret Avison, "No Time"

Other Finalists:
*Dionne Brand, "No Language Is Neutral"
*Patrick Lane, "Winter"

Drama

Winner:
*Ann-Marie MacDonald, "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)"

Other Finalists:
*Audrey Butler, "Black Friday?"
*John Mighton, "Scientific Americans"
*George F. Walker, "Love and Anger"

Non-fiction

Winner:
*Stephen Clarkson & Christina McCall, "Trudeau and Our Times"

Other Finalists:
*Timothy Findley, ""
*Eugene Forsey, "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 Bedard, "Redwork"

Other Finalists:
*Jan Andrews, "The Auction"
*Brian Doyle, "Covered Bridge"
*Welwyn Wilton Katz, "Whale Singer"

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:
*Paul Morin, "The Orphan Boy"

Other Finalists:
*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"

Other Finalists:
*Patricia Claxton, "Letters to Bernadette"
*Sheila Fischman, "Benito"
*Tony Martin-Sperry, "Charlevoix: Two Centuries at Murray Bay"
*Susan Usher, "Community Care and Participatory Research"

French Language

Fiction

Winner:
*Gérald Tougas, "La Mauvaise foi"

Other Finalists:
*Louis Lefebvre, "Le Collier d'Hurracan"
*Michèle Mailhot, "Le Passé composé"
*Jean Marcel, "Jérôme ou de la traduction"
*France Vézina, "Osther, le chat criblé d'étoiles"

Poetry

Winner:
*Jean-Paul Daoust, "Les Cendres bleues"

Other Finalists:
*Geneviève Amyot, "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"

Other Finalists:
*René-Daniel Dubois, "Le Troisième fils du professeur Yourolov"
*Anne Hébert, "L'Île de la Demoiselle"

Non-fiction

Winner:
*Jean-François Lisée, "Dans l'oeil de l'aigle"

Other Finalists:
*Gérard Bergeron, "Petit traité de l'État de France"'
*Martin Blais, "L'Autre Thomas d'Aquin"
*Daniel Latouche, "Le Bazar"
*Laurent-Michel Vacher, "L'Empire du moderne"

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:
*Christiane Duchesne, "La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic"

Other Finalists:
*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"

Other Finalists:
*Mireille Levert, "Jérémie et Mme Ming",
*Stéphane Poulin, "Les Amours de ma mère",

=Translation (from English to French)=

Winner:
*Charlotte et Robert Melançon, "Le Second rouleau"

Other Finalists:
*Claire Dupond, "Lettres à un ami québécois"
*Ivan Steenhout, "Onyx John"

Other Governor General's Awards: