Each winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) général(e) is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). ... The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, was introduced by Parliament in 1957. ...

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Paul Quarrington, Whale Music

Other Finalists: Paul Lewis Quarrington (born July 22, 1953) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ...

• Ann Copeland, The Golden Thread
• Helen Weinzweig, A View from the Roof

Poetry

Winner:

• Heather Spears, The Word for Sand

Other Finalists:

• Tim Lilburn, Tourist to Ecstasy
• Stephen Scobie, Dunino

Drama

Winner:

• Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the Dark

Other Finalists:

• Tomson Highway, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
• John Krizanc, Tamara

Tomson Highway (born December 6, 1951) is a Cree playwright, novelist, and childrens author from Brochet, Manitoba. ...

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Robert Calder, Willie-The Life of W. Somerset Maugham

Other Finalists: Portrait of Robert Calder by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1797 Admiral Robert Calder ( 1745– 1 September 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. ...

• Janice Boddy, Wombs and Alien Spirits
• Robert MacNeil, Wordstruck
• Dale A. Russell, An Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America

Robert MacNeil (born January 19, 1931) is a television news anchor and journalist who paired with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1975. ...

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Diana Wieler, Bad Boy

Other Finalists:

• Kit Pearson, The Sky is Falling
• Eliane Corbeil Roe, Circle of Light

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush

Other Finalists:

• Michèle Lemieux, A Gift from Saint Francis
• Jan Thornhill, The Wildlife 123

Translation (French to English)

Winner:

• Wayne Grady, On the Eighth Day

Other Finalists:

• Arlette Francière, Kaleidoscope
• Donald Winkler, Rose and Thorn

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Louis Hamelin, La Rage

Other Finalists:

• Robert Lalonde, Le Diable en personne
• Jacques Poulin, Le Vieux Chagrin

Jacques Poulin (born September 23, 1937 at Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a French-Canadian novelist with quiet and intimate style of writing. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Pierre Desruisseaux, Monème

Other Finalists:

• Christiane Frenette, Cérémonie mémoire
• Elise Turcotte, La Terre est ici

Drama

Winner:

• Michel Garneau, Mademoiselle Rouge

Other Finalists:

• Michel Marc Bouchard, Les Muses orphelines
• Robert Claing, La Femme d'intérieur

Michel Marc Bouchard is an openly gay Canadian playwright. ...

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Lise Noël, L'Intolérance : une problématique générale

Other Finalists:

• Jean Éthier-Blais, Fragments d'une enfance
• Pierre Morency, L'Oeil américain

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Charles Montpetit, Temps mort

Other Finalists:

• Jacques Lazure, Le Domaine des Sans Yeux
• Joceline Sanschagrin, La Fille aux cheveux rouges

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga des oreillers

Other Finalists:

• Frédéric Back, L'Homme qui plantait des arbres
• Philippe Béha, Mais que font les fées avec toutes ces dents?

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

• Jean Antonin Billard, Les Âges de l'amour

Other Finalists:

• Ronald Guévremont, Comme un vent chaud de Chine
• Christine Klein-Lataud, Un Oiseau dans la maison

Other Governor General's Awards:

2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936 Since their creation in 1937, the Governor Generals Literary Awards have become one of Canadas most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Childrens Literature-Text, Childrens Literature-Illustration, and Translation. ... The 2000 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall. ... The winners of the 1998 Governor Generals Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17th in Ottawa. ... Each winner of the 1994 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1993 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1986 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1980 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1979 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1969 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...