Each winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
English Language
Fiction Winner: *Nino Ricci, Lives of the Saints
Other Finalists: *Sky Lee, Disappearing Moon Café *Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth *Leslie Hall Pinder, On Double Tracks *Diane Schoemperlen, Man of My Dreams
Poetry Winner: *Margaret Avison, No Time
Other Finalists: *Dionne Brand, No Language Is Neutral *Patrick Lane, Winter
Drama Winner: *Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Other Finalists: *Audrey Butler, Black Friday? *John Mighton, Scientific Americans *George F. Walker, Love and Anger
Non-fiction Winner: *Stephen Clarkson & Christina McCall, Trudeau and Our Times
Other Finalists: *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
Children's Literature - Text Winner: *Michael Bedard, Redwork
Other Finalists: *Jan Andrews, The Auction *Brian Doyle, Covered Bridge *Welwyn Wilton Katz, Whale Singer
Children's Literature - Illustration Winner: *Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy
Other Finalists: *Warabé Aska, Seasons *Frances Tyrrell, The Huron Carol
Translation (from French to English) Winner: *Jane Brierley, Yellow-Wolf and Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence
Other Finalists: *Patricia Claxton, Letters to Bernadette *Sheila Fischman, Benito *Tony Martin-Sperry, Charlevoix: Two Centuries at Murray Bay *Susan Usher, Community Care and Participatory Research
French Language
Fiction Winner: *Gérald Tougas, La Mauvaise foi
Other Finalists: *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
Poetry Winner: *Jean-Paul Daoust, Les Cendres bleues
Other Finalists: *Geneviève Amyot, Corps d'atelier *André Brochu, Dans les chances de l'air *Denise Desautels, Leçons de Venise *Joël Des Rosiers, Tribu
Drama Winner: *Jovette Marchessault, Le Voyage magnifique d'Emily Carr
Other Finalists: *René-Daniel Dubois, Le Troisième fils du professeur Yourolov *Anne Hébert, L'Île de la Demoiselle
Non-fiction Winner: *Jean-François Lisée, Dans l'oeil de l'aigle
Other Finalists: *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
Children's Literature - Text Winner: *Christiane Duchesne, La Vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic
Other Finalists: *José Fréchette, L'Automne à 15 ans *Philippe Gauthier, L'Héritage de Qader *Johanne Massé, Le Passé en péril
Children's Literature - Illustration Winner: *Pierre Pratt, Les Fantaisies de l'oncle Henri
Other Finalists: *Mireille Levert, Jérémie et Mme Ming, *Stéphane Poulin, Les Amours de ma mère,
Translation (from English to French)Winner: *Charlotte et Robert Melançon, Le Second rouleau
Other Finalists: *Claire Dupond, Lettres à un ami québécois *Ivan Steenhout, Onyx John
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