The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 13, 1996.Philip Marchand, "Vanderhaeghe wins second fiction prize". Toronto Star, November 13, 1996.
English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's BoyMargaret 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 CivilizationRoy 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 PianoElizabeth 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 MonumentWendy 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 TrainJan 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 GiftAlan 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 CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Marie-Claire Blais, Nancy Huston, Roger Magini, Jocelyne Saucier, Lise Vaillancourt, Non-fiction Michel Freitag, Gérard Bouchard, Gilles Lapointe, Benoît Melançon, Denis Vaugeois, Poetry Serge Patrice Thibodeau / José Acquelin, Jean Charlebois, Herménégilde Chiasson, Louise Cotnoir, Drama Normand Chaurette, Suzanne Lebeau, Wajdi Mouawad, Children's literature Gilles Tibo, Sylvie Desrosiers, Jacinthe Gaulin, Daniel Sernine, Hélène Vachon, Children's illustration No award presented English to French translation Christiane Teasdale, Pierre DesRuisseaux, Hélène Le Beau,
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