Awards & Winners

1986 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1986 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 1986 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Governor General's Award for English-language poetry

Al Purdy

Honored for : Collected Poems of Al Purdy
Governor General's Award for English-language drama

Sharon Pollock

Honored for : Doc
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Northrop Frye

Honored for : Northrop Frye on Shakespeare
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Alice Munro

Honored for : The Progress of Love

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alice Munro The Progress of Love
Aritha Van Herk No Fixed Address
John Metcalfe Adult entertainment
Lois Braun A Stone Watermelon