The 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were prizes awarded to authors in 1990.[1] Each winner of the prize received $10000 and a specially bound edition of their book. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[2]
English
| Category
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Winner
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Nominated
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| Fiction
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Nino Ricci, Lives of the Saints
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| Non-fiction
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Stephen Clarkson & Christina McCall, Trudeau and Our Times
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- Timothy Findley, Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook
- Eugene Forsey, A Life on the Fringe: The Memoirs of Eugene Forsey
- Ron Graham, God's Dominion: A Sceptic's Quest
- James King, The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read
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| Poetry
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Margaret Avison, No Time
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| Drama
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Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
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| Children's literature
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Michael Bedard, Redwork
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| Children's illustration
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Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy
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- Warabé Aska, Seasons
- Frances Tyrrell, The Huron Carol
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| French to English translation
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Jane Brierley, Yellow-Wolf and Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence
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- Patricia Claxton, Letters to Bernadette
- Sheila Fischman, Benito
- Anthony Martin-Sperry, Charlevoix: Two Centuries at Murray Bay
- Susan Usher, Community Care and Participatory Research
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French
| Category
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Winner
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Nominated
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| Fiction
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Gérald Tougas, La Mauvaise foi
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- Louis Lefebvre, Le Collier d'Hurracan
- Michèle Mailhot, Le Passé composé
- Jean Marcel, Jérôme ou de la traduction
- France Vézina, Osther, le chat criblé d'étoiles
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| Non-fiction
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Jean-François Lisée, Dans l'oeil de l'aigle
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- Gérard Bergeron, Petit traité de l'État de France'
- Martin Blais, L'Autre Thomas d'Aquin
- Daniel Latouche, Le Bazar
- Laurent-Michel Vacher, L'Empire du moderne
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| Poetry
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Jean-Paul Daoust, Les Cendres bleues
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| Drama
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Jovette Marchessault, Le Voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr
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| Children's literature
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Christiane Duchesne, La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic
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- José Fréchette, L'Automne à 15 ans
- Philippe Gauthier, L'Héritage de Qader
- Johanne Massé, Le Passé en péril
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| Children's illustration
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Pierre Pratt, Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri
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| English to French translation
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Charlotte Melançon and Robert Melançon, Le Second rouleau
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- Claire Dupond, Lettres à un ami québécois
- Ivan Steenhout, Onyx John
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References
- ^ Philip Marchand, "Toronto's Nino Ricci wins top book prize". Toronto Star, January 23, 1991.
- ^ "Prominent names among nominees". Windsor Star, November 17, 1990.
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