1996 Governor General's Awards Explained

The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 13, 1996.^[1]

English

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Fiction	Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy	Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace Elisabeth Harvor, Let Me Be the One Janice Kulyk Keefer, The Green Library Cordelia Strube, Teaching Pigs to Sing Audrey Thomas, Coming Down from Wa
Non-fiction	John Ralston Saul, The Unconscious Civilization	Roy MacGregor, The Home Team – Fathers, Sons & Hockey T. F. Rigelhof, A Blue Boy in a Black Dress Lake Sagaris, After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind Merilyn Simonds, The Convict Lover
Poetry	E. D. Blodgett, Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano	Elizabeth Brewster, Footnotes to the Book of Job Crispin Elsted, Climate and the Affections Charles Lillard, Shadow Weather Erín Moure, Search Procedures
Drama	Colleen Wagner, The Monument	Wendy Lill, The Glace Bay Miners' Museum John Mighton, The Little Years Michael O'Brien, Mad Boy Chronicle Betty Quan, Mother Tongue
Children's literature	Paul Yee, Ghost Train	Jan Andrews, Keri David Boyd, Bottom Drawer Gillian Chan, Glory Days and Other Stories Don Gillmor, The Fabulous Song
Children's illustration	Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift	Alan Daniel and Lea Daniel, Sody Salleratus Wang Kui, The Wise Washerman – A Folktale from Burma Johnny Wales, Gruntle Piggle Takes Off Werner Zimmermann, Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!
French to English translation	Linda Gaboriau, Stone and Ashes (Daniel Danis, Cendres de cailloux)	Sheila Fischman, Ostend (François Gravel, Ostende) D. G. Jones, For Orchestra and Solo Poet (Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul) Shelley Tepperman, In Vitro (Yvan Bienvenue, In vitro)

French

width=15%	Category	width=30%	Winner	width=55%	Nominated
Fiction	Marie-Claire Blais,	Nancy Huston, Roger Magini, Jocelyne Saucier, Lise Vaillancourt,
Non-fiction	Michel Freitag,	Gérard Bouchard, Gilles Lapointe, Benoît Melançon, Denis Vaugeois,
Poetry	Serge Patrice Thibodeau /	José Acquelin, Jean Charlebois, Herménégilde Chiasson, Louise Cotnoir,
Drama	Normand Chaurette,	Suzanne Lebeau, Wajdi Mouawad,
Children's literature	Gilles Tibo,	Sylvie Desrosiers, Jacinthe Gaulin, Daniel Sernine, Hélène Vachon,
Children's illustration	No award presented
English to French translation	Christiane Teasdale,	Pierre DesRuisseaux, Hélène Le Beau,

Notes and References

1. Philip Marchand, "Vanderhaeghe wins second fiction prize". Toronto Star, November 13, 1996.