1986 Governor General's Awards (original) (raw)
Each winner of the 1986 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Alice Munro, The Progress of Love
Other Finalists:
- Lois Braun, A Stone Watermelon
- John Metcalf, Adult Entertainment
- Aritha van Herk, No Fixed Address
Poetry
Winner:
- Al Purdy, The Collected Poems of Al Purdy Other Finalists:
- Christopher Dewdney, The Immaculate Perception
- John Newlove, The Night the Dog Smiled
Drama
Winner:
- Sharon Pollock, Doc
Other Finalists:
- Frank Moher, Odd Jobs
- Allan Stratton, Papers
Nonfiction
Winner:
- Northrop Frye, Northrop Frye on Shakespeare
Other Finalists:
- Claude Bissell, The Imperial Canadian
- Phyllis Grosskurth, Melanie Klein
- Witold Rybczynski, Home
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Yvon Rivard, Les silences du corbeau Other Finalists:
- Pierre Nepveu, L'hiver de Mira Christophe
- Sylvain Trudel, Le souffle de l'Harmattan
Poetry
Winner:
- C�cile Cloutier, L'�cout� Other Finalists:
- Fran�ois Charron, La chambre des miracles
- Normand de Bellefeuille, Cat�goriques, un deux et trois
- Louise Dupr�, Chambres
Drama
Winner:
- Anne Legault, La visite des sauvages Other Finalists:
- Normand Chaurette, Fragments d'une lettre d'adieulus par des g�ologues
- Yves Desgagn�s and Louise Roy, Les nouilles
- Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Le Titanic
Nonfiction
Winner:
- R�gine Robin, Le r�alisme socialiste: une esth�tique impossible Other Finalists:
- Marcel Fournier, L'entr�e dans la modernit�: science, culture et soci�t� au Qu�bec
- Ren� Major, ''De l'�lection: Freud face aux id�ologies am�ricaine, allemande et sovi�tiq
Other Governor General's Awards:
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