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1989 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. English language Fiction Winner: * Paul Quarrington, '' Whale Music'' Other Finalists: * Ann Copeland, ''The Golden Thread'' * Helen Weinzweig, ''A View from the Roof'' Poetry Winner: * Heather Spears, ''The Word for Sand'' Other Finalists: * Tim Lilburn, ''Tourist to Ecstasy'' *Stephen Scobie, ''Dunino'' Drama Winner: *Judith Thompson, ''The Other Side of the Dark'' Other Finalists: *Tomson Highway, '' Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing'' * John Krizanc, '' Tamara'' Non-fiction Winner: *Robert Calder, ''Willie-The Life of W. Somerset Maugham'' Other Finalists: *Janice Boddy, ''Wombs and Alien Spirits'' *Robert MacNeil, ''Wordstruck'' *Dale A. Russell, ''An Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America'' Children's literature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General Of Canada
The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, the United Kingdom. The , on the advice of Canadian prime minister, appoints a governor general to carry on the Government of Canada in the 's name, performing most of constitutional and ceremonial duties. The commission is for an indefinite period—known as serving ''at Majesty's pleasure''—though five years is the usual length of time. Since 1959, it has also been traditional to alternate between francophone and anglophone officeholders—although many recent governors general have been bilingual. The office began in the 17th century, when the French crown appointed governors of the colony of Canada. Following the British conquest of the colony, the British monarch appointed governors of the Province of Quebec (later the Canadas) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale A
Dale or dales may refer to: Locations * Dale (landform), an open valley * Dale (place name element) Geography ;Australia *The Dales (Christmas Island), in the Indian Ocean ;Canada *Dale, Ontario ;Ethiopia *Dale (woreda), district ;Norway *Dale, Fjaler, the administrative centre of Fjaler municipality, Vestland county *Dale, Sel, a village in Sel municipality in Innlandet county * Dale, Vaksdal, the administrative centre of Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county * Dale, Vaksdal, the administrative bop on the head * Dale Church (Fjaler), a church in Fjaler municipality, Vestland county *Dale Church (Luster), a church in Luster municipality, Vestland county *Dale Church (Vaksdal), a church in Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county *Dale Church (also known as Norddal Church), a church in Fjord municipality, Møre og Romsdal county ;Poland *Dale, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) ;Sweden *The Dales, English exonym for Dalarna province ;United Kingdom *Dale, Cumbria, a hamlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre DesRuisseaux
Pierre DesRuisseaux (7 July 1945 – 18 January 2016) was a Canadian poet. He was named the fourth Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate on April 28, 2009. DesRuisseaux graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Université de Montréal. DesRuisseaux previously won the Governor General's Award for French language poetry in 1989 for his collection ''Monème''. He was also nominated for the Governor General's Award for English to French translation in 1996 for ''Contre-taille'', an anthology of translated poetry by English Canadian writers. DesRuisseaux was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec. "His career-long fascination with Canada's literary traditions and history make him an excellent choice to engage us, as Canadians, in dialogue about the importance of verse in our national culture," Speaker of the Senate of Canada Noel Kinsella said about DesRuisseaux. DesRuisseaux wrote the ''Livre des proverbes québécois'' and ''Dictionnaire des expressions québécoises'', chosen by the Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Poulin
Jacques Poulin (born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing. Poulin studied psychology and arts at the Université Laval in Quebec City; he started his career as commercial translator and later became a college guidance counselor. Only after the success of his second novel, ''Jimmy'' (1969), was he able to devote himself completely to his writing. Poulin has written fourteen novels, many of which have been translated into English by Sheila Fischman, and published by Cormorant Books. Poulin lived in Paris for 15 years, but now lives in Quebec City. Poulin's ''Volkswagen Blues'' was selected as a candidate in the CBC's 2005 edition of ''Canada Reads'', where it was championed by Roch Carrier, author and former National Librarian of Canada. Awards and recognition *Winner of the Governor General's Award in 1978 for ''Les grandes marées''. *Nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1984 for ''Volkswagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lalonde
Robert John LaLonde (1958–2018) was an American economist who specialized in the fields of labor economics and econometrics. He grew up in Syracuse, NY and attended Westhill High School. He received his A.B. degree from the University of Chicago in 1980. He then attended Princeton University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1985 under the supervision of Orley Ashenfelter. His own Ph.D. students included Brian Jacob. He joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1985 as Associate Professor of Industrial Relations at the Graduate School of Business and was a Visiting Associate Professor of The Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies from 1994-1995. In 1995, LaLonde joined Michigan State University as an Associate Professor of Economics for three years. In 1999, he went on to spend the remainder of his professional career at the University of Chicago, where he was professor and director of the Ph.D. program in the Harris School of Public Policy. In addition to his ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Hamelin
Louis Hamelin (born June 9, 1959 in Saint-Séverin-de-Proulxville, Quebec)Louis Hamelin at . is a Canadian journalist and fiction writer. He won the in 1989 for his novel ''La Rage'', and was nominated for the same award in 1995 for his novel ''Betsi Larousse, ou l'ineffable eccéité de la loutre'' and in 2006 for his short story collection ''Sauvages''. Having graduated from |
Donald Winkler
Donald Winkler (born 1940) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and French-to-English literary translator. He lives in Montreal with his wife Sheila Fischman. Life and career Early life Winkler was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up loving theatre. He was introduced to French through his mother who studied the language in Romania before coming to Canada when she was fifteen years old. As a student, he took French courses alongside his literary studies at the University of Manitoba where he graduated in 1961. He also went on to do graduate studies at the Yale School of Drama. In his early twenties, he spent a year and a half in Paris teaching English where he enjoyed watching films at the Cinématheque and the little Latin Quarter art houses. When he returned to Canada, he was drawn to Montreal because, for him, it was "the only city in the country at that time cosmopolitan enough". The city was also the headquarters for the National Film Board of Canada, where Winkler first be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlette Francière
Arlette is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Arlette or Herleva, the mother of William the Conqueror *Arlette Alcock (born 1958), Métis-Canadian folk musician * Marie-Arlette Carlotti (born 1952), French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-east of France *Arlette Chabot (born 1951), prominent French journalist and political commentator * Arlette Cousture, OC (born 1948), Canadian writer *Arlette Franco (born 1939), member of the National Assembly of France * Arlette Grosskost (born 1953), member of the National Assembly of France *Arlette Laguiller (born 1940), French Trotskyist politician *Arlette Langmann, French screenwriter, film editor and production designer * Arlette Lefebvre, CM, O.Ont (born 1947), child psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada * Arlette Marchal (1902–1984), French film actress *Arlette Sterckx (1964), Belgian Television actress * Arlette Zola, singer who represented Switzerland in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Grady (author)
Wayne Grady (born 1948 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, editor, and translator. He is the author of fourteen books of nonfiction, the translator of more than a dozen novels from the French, and the editor of many literary anthologies of fiction and nonfiction. He currently teaches creative writing in the MFA program at the University of British Columbia. As a translator, Grady has won the 1989 Governor General's Award for French to English translation for ''On the Eighth Day'', his translation of Antonine Maillet's novel ''Le Huitième jour'', and the John Glassco Translation Prize for ''Christopher Cartier of Hazelnut'', his translation of Maillet's ''Christophe Cartier de la Noisette dit Nounours''. As a writer, he won the 2008 National Outdoor Book Award (Nature and the Environment category) for ''The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region''. His book ''Bringing Back the Dodo'' (2006) is a collection of intuitive and humbling essays on our history with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Thornhill
Jan Thornhill (born 1955 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of educational books on science and nature for children. She was the 2015 winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, a lifetime achievement award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada, and won the Norma Fleck Award in 2007 for her book ''I Found a Dead Bird: The Kids’ Guide to the Cycle of Life & Death''. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Thornhill has illustrated many but not all of her own works. She won UNICEF's Ezra Jack Yeats International Award for illustration in 1990 for ''The Wildlife 123'', and has been a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration at the 1988 Governor General's Awards for ''The Wildlife ABC'', the 1989 Governor General's Awards for ''The Wildlife 123'' and the 2017 Governor General's Awards for ''The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk''. She has also published the adult short story coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michèle Lemieux
Michèle Lemieux (born May 29, 1955) is a Canadian illustrator and animator.Patricia Belzil"Michèle Lemieux : Nuit d’orage" ''Voir ''Voir'' was a francophone alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, published by Communications Voir. ''Voir'' was founded by Pierre Paquet in November 1986. The first issue of the newspaper was published on 27 November 1986. Later on t ...'', October 21, 1998. Awards References External links * 1955 births Living people 20th-century Canadian artists 20th-century Canadian women artists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian artists 21st-century Canadian women artists Canadian children's book illustrators Canadian women illustrators Canadian animators Canadian women animators Canadian children's writers in French Canadian women children's writers Pinscreen animation {{Canada-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Muller
Robin may refer to: Animals * Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including: **European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'') ** Bush-robin **Forest robin **Magpie-robin ** Scrub-robin **Robin-chat, two bird genera ** Bagobo robin **White-starred robin **White-throated robin ** Blue-fronted robin **Larvivora (6 species) **Myiomela (3 species) * Some red-breasted New-World true thrushes (''Turdus'') of the family Turdidae, including: ** American robin (''T. migratorius'') (so named by 1703) ** Rufous-backed thrush (''T. rufopalliatus'') ** Rufous-collared thrush (''T. rufitorques'') ** Formerly other American thrushes, such as the clay-colored thrush (''T. grayi'') * Pekin robin or Japanese (hill) robin, archaic names for the red-billed leiothrix (''Leiothrix lutea''), red-breasted songbirds * Sea robin, a fish with small "legs" (actually spines) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
