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1987 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1987 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.

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• David Gurr, The Ring Master
• Rohinton Mistry, Tales from Firozsha Baag
• Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
• Carol Shields, Swann: a mystery

Poetry

Winner:

• Gwendolyn MacEwen, Afterworlds

Other Finalists:

• Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
• Roy Kiyooka, Pear Tree Pomes
• Sharon Thesen, The Beginning of the Long Dash

Drama

Winner:

• Wendy Lill, The Occupation of Heather Rose
• Michael D.C. McKinlay, Walt and Roy
• Sharon Pollock, Whiskey Six Cadenza

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Michael Ignatieff, The Russian Album

Other Finalists:

• Janice Kulyk Keefer, Under Eastern Eyes
• P.K. Page, Brazilian Journal

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Welwyn Wilton Katz, False Face
• Donn Kushner, A Book Dragon
• John Bianchi, Exploring the Night Sky
• László Gál, The Enchanted Tapestry
• Sheila Fischman, Heartbreaks Along the Road
• Anthony Martin-Sperry, Languages and Their Territories
• Gilles Archambault, L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions

Other Finalists:

• André Major, L'Hiver au coeur
• Jacques Marchand, Premier mouvement
• Hugues Corriveau, Mobiles
• Normand de Bellefeuille, Heureusement, ici il y a la guerre
• Gérald Godin, Ils ne demandaient qu'à brûler

Drama

Winner:

• Suzanne Aubry, La Nuit des p'tits couteaux
• Marie Laberge, Oublier
• Michel Tremblay, Le vrai monde?

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Lise Bissonnette, La passion du présent
• David Schinkel and Ginette Anfousse, Les catastrophes de Rosalie
• Denis Côté, Nocturnes pour Jessie
• Hélène Desputeaux, Bonne fête Madeleine
• Stéphane Poulin, Les animaux en hiver
• Ivan Steenhout and Jean-Pierre Fournier, Jacob Deux-Deux et le dinosaure
• Ivan Steenhout, La couleur du sang
• Claudine Vivier, La Dialectique de la reproduction

Other Governor General's Awards:

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