Editing 1996 Governor General's Awards

{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
The '''1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit''' were presented on November 13, 1996.<ref>Philip Marchand, "Vanderhaeghe wins second fiction prize". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 13, 1996.</ref>

==English==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width=15%|Category
!width=30%|Winner
!width=55%|Nominated
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction|Fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[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''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[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''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry|Poetry]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[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''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language drama|Drama]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Colleen Wagner]], ''The Monument'''''
|
*[[Wendy Lill]], ''The Glace Bay Miners' Museum''
*[[John Mighton]], ''The Little Years''
*[[Michael O'Brien (playwright)|Michael O'Brien]], ''Mad Boy Chronicle''
*[[Betty Quan]], ''Mother Tongue''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature|Children's literature]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Paul Yee]], ''Ghost Train'''''
|
*[[Jan Andrews]], ''Keri''
*[[David Boyd (author)|David Boyd]], ''Bottom Drawer''
*[[Gillian Chan]], ''Glory Days and Other Stories''
*[[Don Gillmor]], ''The Fabulous Song''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[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!''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French to English translation|French to English translation]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[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 (writer)|Émile Martel]], ''Pour orchestre et poète seul'')
*[[Shelley Tepperman]], ''In Vitro'' ([[Yvan Bienvenue]], ''In vitro'')
|}

==French==
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!width=15%|Category
!width=30%|Winner
!width=55%|Nominated
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction|Fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Marie-Claire Blais]], ''{{Lang|fr|Soifs}}'''''
|
*[[Nancy Huston]], ''{{Lang|fr|Instruments des ténèbres}}''
*[[Roger Magini]], ''{{Lang|fr|Un homme défait}}''
*[[Jocelyne Saucier]], ''{{Lang|fr|La vie comme une image}}''
*[[Lise Vaillancourt]], ''{{Lang|fr|L'Été des eiders}}''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction|Non-fiction]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Michel Freitag]], ''{{Lang|fr|Le Naufrage de l'université – Et autres essais d'épistémologie politique}}'''''
|
*[[Gérard Bouchard]], ''{{Lang|fr|Quelques arpents d'Amérique – Population, économie, famille au Saguenay 1838–1971}}''
*[[Gilles Lapointe]], ''{{Lang|fr|L'Envol des signes – Borduas et ses lettres}}''
*[[Benoît Melançon]], ''{{Lang|fr|Diderot épistolier – Contribution à une poétique de la lettre familière au XVIIIe siècle}}''
*[[Denis Vaugeois]], ''{{Lang|fr|La Fin des alliances franco-indiennes – Enquête sur un sauf-conduit de 1760 devenu un traité en 1990}}''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language poetry|Poetry]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Serge Patrice Thibodeau]] ''{{Lang|fr|Le Quatuor de l'errance}} / {{Lang|fr|La Traversée du désert}}'''''
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*[[José Acquelin]], ''{{Lang|fr|L'Oiseau respirable}}''
*[[Jean Charlebois]], ''{{Lang|fr|De moins en moins l'amour de plus en plus}}''
*[[Herménégilde Chiasson]], ''{{Lang|fr|Climats}}''
*[[Louise Cotnoir]], ''{{Lang|fr|Dis-moi que j'imagine}}''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language drama|Drama]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Normand Chaurette]], ''{{Lang|fr|Le Passage de l'Indiana}}'''''
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*[[Suzanne Lebeau]], ''{{Lang|fr|Salvador – La Montagne, l'enfant et la mangue}}''
*[[Wajdi Mouawad]], ''{{Lang|fr|Alphonse}}''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature|Children's literature]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gilles Tibo]], ''{{Lang|fr|Noémie – Le Secret de Madame Lumbago}}'''''
|
*[[Sylvie Desrosiers]], ''{{Lang|fr|Le Long silence}}''
*[[Jacinthe Gaulin]], ''{{Lang|fr|Mon p'tit frère}}''
*[[Daniel Sernine]], ''{{Lang|fr|L'Arc-en-cercle}}''
*[[Hélène Vachon]], ''{{Lang|fr|Le Plus proche voisin}}''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration|Children's illustration]]
| colspan=2 align=center| ''No award presented''
|-
| align="center"| [[Governor General's Award for English to French translation|English to French translation]]
|{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Christiane Teasdale]], ''{{Lang|fr|Systèmes de survie – Dialogue sur les fondements moraux du commerce et de la politique}}'''''
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*[[Pierre DesRuisseaux]], ''{{Lang|fr|Contre-taille – Poèmes choisis de vingt-cinq auteurs canadiens-anglais}}''
*[[Hélène Le Beau]], ''{{Lang|fr|Les Dangers de la pensée critique – Trois nouvelles}}''
|}

==References==
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