1988 Governor General's Awards

{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}

Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada."New Brunswick writer wins national race for top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 1989. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts."Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary awards". Montreal Gazette, February 1, 1989.

English

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!width=15%|Category

!width=30%|Winner

!width=55%|Nominated

align="center"| Fiction

| {{blue ribbon}} David Adams Richards, Nights Below Station Street

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align="center"| Non-fiction

| {{blue ribbon}} Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room

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align="center"| Poetry

| {{blue ribbon}} Erín Moure, Furious

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align="center"| Drama

| {{blue ribbon}} George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred

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align="center"| Children's literature

| {{blue ribbon}} Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic

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align="center"| Children's illustration

| {{blue ribbon}} Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater

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align="center"| French to English translation

| {{blue ribbon}} Philip Stratford, Second Chance

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French

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!width=15%|Category

!width=30%|Winner

!width=55%|Nominated

align="center"| Fiction

| {{blue ribbon}} Jacques Folch-Ribas, Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur

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align="center"| Non-fiction

| {{blue ribbon}} Patricia Smart, Écrire dans la maison du père

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align="center"| Poetry

| {{blue ribbon}} Marcel Labine, Papiers d'épidémie

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align="center"| Drama

| {{blue ribbon}} Jean-Marc Dalpé, Le Chien

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align="center"| Children's literature

| {{blue ribbon}} Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais

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align="center"| Children's illustration

| {{blue ribbon}} Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots

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align="center"| English to French translation

| {{blue ribbon}} Didier Holtzwarth, Nucléus

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