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The Governor General's Award
1996 Award Nominees 
In a year with as many excellent books as we saw in 1996, the decision of
the committee was surely not an easy one. We have marked this year's
winners with the Canada Council logo and would like to congratulate all of
the nominees and thank them for sharing their vision and talent with us.
Fiction | Romans et
nouvelles |
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- Margaret Atwood, Toronto,
- Alias Grace
- Elizabeth harvor, Montreal,
- Let Me Be the One
- Janice Kulyk Keefer, Eden Mills, Ont.,
- The Green Library
- Cordelia Strube, Toronto,
- Teaching Pigs to Sing
- Audrey Thomas, Galiano Island, B.C.,
- Coming Down from Wa
 Guy Vanderhaeghe, Saskatoon, - The Englishman's Boy
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 Marie-Claire Blais, Montréal,
- Soifs
- Nancy Huston, Paris,
- Instruments des
ténèbres
- Roger Magini, Outremont Que.,
- Un Homme defait
- Jocelyne Saucier, Clericy, Que.,
- La Vie comme une image
- Lise Vaillancourt, Outremont, Que.,
- L'Été
des eiders
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Non-Fiction | Études et essais |
- Roy MacGregor, Ottawa,
- The Home Team-Fathers, Sons and
Hockey
- T.F. Rigelhof, Westmount, Que.,
- A Blue Boy in a Black
Dress
- Lake Sagaris, Santiago, Chile,
- After the First Death: A
Journey
Through Chile, Time, Mind
- John Ralston Saul, Toronto,
- The
Unconscious
Civilization
- Merilyn Simonds, Kingston, Ont.,
- The Convict Lover: A
True Story
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- Gerard Bouchard, Chicoutimi, Que.,
- Quelques arpents
d'Amérique-Population, économie, famille au Saguenay
1838-1971
- Michel Freitag, Outremont, Que.,
- Le
Naufrage de
l'université-Et autres essais d'épistomologie politique
- Gilles Lapointe, Montr´al,
- L'Envol des
signes-Borduas et ses lettres
- Benoit Melancon, Montreal,
- Diderot
épistolier-Contribution a une poétique de la lettre
familière au
XVIIIe siècle
- Denis Vaugeois, Sillery, Que.,
- La Fin des alliances
franco-indiennes-Enqutêe sur un sauf-conduit de 1760 devenu un traite
en 1990
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Drama | Théâtre |
- Wendy Lill, Dartmouth, N.S.
- The Glace Bay Miners' Museum
- John Mighton, Toronto,
- The Little Years
- Michael O'Brien, Toronto,
- Mad Boy Chronicle
- Betty Quan, Toronto,
- Mother Tongue
- Colleen Wagner, Toronto,
- The
Monument
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- Normand Chaurette, Montreal,
- Le Passage
de l'Indiana
- Suzanne Lebeau, St. Lambert, Que.,
- Salvador-La Montagne,
L'Enfant de la
mangue
- Wajdi Mouawad, Montreal,
- Alphonse
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Poetry | Poésie |
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- E.D. Blodgett, Edmonton,
- Apostrophes:
Woman at a Piano
- Elizabeth Brewster, Saskatoon,
- Footnotes to the Book of
Job
- Crispin Elstend, Mission, B.C.,
- Climate and the
Affections
- Charles Lillard, Victoria B.C.
- Shadow Weather
- Erin Moure, Montreal,
- Search Procedures
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- Jose Acquelin, Montréal,
- L'Oiseau
réspirable
- Jean Charlebois, Montréal,
- De moins en moins
l'amour de plus en plus
- Hermeneglide Chiasson, Robichaud, N.B.,
- Climats
- Louise Cotnoir, Weedon, Que.,
- Dis-moi que j'imagine
- Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Montreal,
- Le
Quatuor de
l'errance followed by La Traversée du désert
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Children's Literature -
Text | Littérature de jeunesse - Texte
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- Jan Andrews, Keri
- David Boyd, Oakville, Ont.,
- Bottom Drawer
- Gillian Chan, Dundas Ont,
- Glory Days and Other Stories
- Don Gillmor, Toronto,
- The Fabulous Song
- Paul Yee, Toronto,
- Ghost Train
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- Sylvie Desrosiers, Abercorn, Que.,
- Le Long Silence
- Jacinthe Gaulin, Québec City,
- Mon p'tit
frère
- Daniel Sernine, Montréal,
- L'Arc-en-ciel
- Gilles Tibo, Montréal,
- Noémie-Le Secret
de Madame Lumbago
- Helène Vachon, Québec City,
- Le Plus
proche voisin
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Children's Literature - Illustration | Littérature de jeunesse - Illustrations |
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- Eric Beddows, Stratford, Ont.,
- The
Rooster' Gift,
text by Pam Conrad
- Alan and Lea Danile, Kitchener, Ont.,
- Sody
Salleratus, text by Aubrey
Davis
- Wang Kui, Calgary,
- The Wise Washerman-A Folktale from
Burma,
text by Deborah Froese
- Johnny Wales, Tokyo, Japan,
- Gruntle Piggle
Takes Off, text by Jean Little
- Werner Zimmerman, Guelph, Ont.,
- Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!, text by Julie Lawson
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No works deemed worthy of nomination
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Translation
(from French to
English) | Traduction
(de l'anglais au
français) |
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- Sheila Fischman, Montréal,
- Ostende, byFrançois Gravel
- Linda Gaboriau, Montréal,
- Stone
and Ashes,
by Daniel Danis
- D.G. Jones, North Hatley, Que.,
- For Orchestra and Solo
Poet, by Émile
Martel
- Shelley Tepperman, Montréal,
- In Vitro, by
Yvan Bienvenue
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- Pierre DesRuisseaux, Pointe-Calumet, Que.,
- Contre-taille-Poèmes
choisis de vingt-cinq auteurs canadiens-anglais
- Hélène Lebeau,
Montréal,
- Les Dangers de la pensée critique, by
Stephen Schecter
- Christian Teasdale, Outremont, Que.,
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Systèmes de
survie-Dialogue sur
les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique , by Jane Jacobs
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