1989 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada.[1] The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[2]

English
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Paul Quarrington, Whale Music
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Robert Calder, Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham
Poetry Blue ribbon Heather Spears, The Word for Sand
Drama Blue ribbon Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the Dark
Children's literature Blue ribbon Diana Wieler, Bad Boy
  • Kit Pearson, The Sky is Falling
  • Eliane Corbeil Roe, Circle of Light
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush
  • Michèle Lemieux, A Gift from Saint Francis
  • Jan Thornhill, The Wildlife 123
French to English translation Blue ribbon Wayne Grady, On the Eighth Day

French
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Louis Hamelin, La Rage
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Lise Noël, L'Intolérance : une problématique générale
  • Jean Éthier-Blais, Fragments d'une enfance
  • Pierre Morency, L'Oeil américain
Poetry Blue ribbon Pierre DesRuisseaux, Monème
Drama Blue ribbon Michel Garneau, Mademoiselle Rouge
Children's literature Blue ribbon Charles Montpetit, Temps mort
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga des oreillers
English to French translation Blue ribbon Jean Antonin Billard, Les Âges de l'amour
  • Ronald Guévremont, Comme un vent chaud de Chine
  • Christine Klein-Lataud, Un Oiseau dans la maison

References
  1. "Governor General's awards announced". North Bay Nugget, March 10, 1990.
  2. "Three B.C. writers in running for awards". Vancouver Sun, February 7, 1990.
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