1996 Governor General's Awards

The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 14, 1996.

English

Category	Winner	Nominated
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

Category	Winner	Nominated
Fiction	Marie-Claire Blais, Soifs	Nancy Huston, Instruments des ténèbres Roger Magini, Un homme défait Jocelyne Saucier, La vie comme une image Lise Vaillancourt, L'Été des eiders
Non-fiction	Michel Freitag, Le Naufrage de l'université – Et autres essais d'épistémologie politique	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
Poetry	Serge Patrice Thibodeau Le Quatuor de l'errance / La Traversée du désert	José Acquelin, L'Oiseau respirable Jean Charlebois, De moins en moins l'amour de plus en plus Herménégilde Chiasson, Climats Louise Cotnoir, Dis-moi que j'imagine
Drama	Normand Chaurette, Le Passage de l'Indiana	Suzanne Lebeau, Salvador – La Montagne, l'enfant et la mangue Wajdi Mouawad, Alphonse
Children's literature	Gilles Tibo, Noémie – Le Secret de Madame Lumbago	Sylvie Desrosiers, Le Long silence Jacinthe Gaulin, Mon p'tit frère Daniel Sernine, L'Arc-en-cercle Hélène Vachon, Le Plus proche voisin
Children's illustration	No award presented
English to French translation	Christiane Teasdale, Systèmes de survie – Dialogue sur les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique	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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Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit
English-language awards	Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1937–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration French to English translation
French-language awards	Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1959–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration English to French translation
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