1996 Governor General's Awards Article Index for
1996
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1996 Governor General's Awards





ENGLISH LANGUAGE



Fiction


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Poetry


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Drama


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Non-fiction


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Children's Literature - Text


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Chldren's Literature - Illustraion


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Translation - from French to English


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FRENCH LANGUAGE



Fiction


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Other Finalists:


Poetry


Winner:
  • Serge Patrice , ''Le Quatuor de l'errance followed by La Traversée du désert''


Other Finalists:


Drama


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Non-fiction


Winner:
  • Michel Freitag , ''Le Naufrage de l'université - Et autres essais d'épistémologie politique''


Other Finalists:
  • Gérard Bouchard , ''Quelques arpents d'Amérique - Population, économie, famille au Saguenay 1838-1971''

  • Gilles Lapointe , ''L'Envol des signes - Borduas et ses lettres''

  • Benoît Melançon , ''Diderot épistolier - Contribution à une poétique de la lettre familière au XVIIIe siècle''

  • Denis Vaugeois , ''La Fin des alliances franco-indiennes - Enquête sur un sauf-conduit de 1760 devenu un traité en 1990''



Children's Literature - Text


Winner:
  • Gilles Tibo , ''Noémie - Le Secret de Madame Lumbago''


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Children's Literature - Illustration


The jury decided not to award the Prize in this category in 1996. The jury felt that none of the works submitted this year met the standards of excellence of the Governor General's Literary Awards.


Translation - from English to French


Winner:
  • Christiane Teasdale , ''Systèmes de survie - Dialogue sur les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique''


Other Finalists:
  • Pierre DesRuisseaux , ''Contre-taille - Poèmes choisis de vingt-cinq auteurs canadiens-anglais''

  • Hélène Le Beau , ''Les Dangers de la pensée critique - Trois nouvelles''



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