1995 Governor General's Awards
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The 1995 Governor General's Literary Awards were presented by Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada on November 14 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000 and a copy of their books specially bound by master bookbinder Pierre Ouvard.
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1.1 Fiction |
English Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl
Other Finalists:
- Diana Atkinson, Highways and Dancehalls
- Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman
- Julie Keith, The Jaguar Temple
- Richard B. Wright, The Age of Longing
Poetry
Winner:
- Anne Szumigalski, Voice
Other Finalists:
- Roo Borson, Night Walk
- Di Brandt, Jerusalem, Beloved
- Don Domanski, Stations of the Left Hand
- Steven Heighton, The Ecstasy of Skeptics
Drama
Winner:
- Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head
Other Finalists:
- Brad Fraser, Poor Super Man: A Play with Captions
- Deborah Kimmett, Miracle Mother
- Joan MacLeod, The Hope Slide - Little Sister
- Eugene Stickland, Some Assembly Required
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
Other Finalists:
- Charles Foran, The Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast
- Linda McQuaig, Shooting the Hippo
- Sid Marty, Leaning on the Wind
Children's Literature, Text
Winner:
- Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro
Other Finalists:
- Beth Goobie, Mission Impossible
- Hazel Hutchins, Tess
- Welwyn Wilton Katz, Out of the Dark
- Diana Wieler, RanVan A Worthy Opponent
Children's Literature, Illustration
Winner:
- Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
Other Finalists:
- Warabé Aska, Aska's Sea Creatures
- Geoff Butler, The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
- Gary Clement, Just Stay Put
- Frances Tyrrell, Woodland Christmas
Translation (from French to English)
Winner:
- David Homel, Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?
Other Finalists:
- Paul Leduc Browne and Dream Michelle Weinroth, Trudeau and the End of a Canadian
- Sheila Fischman, No Song, But Silence
- Wayne Grady, Black Squirrel
- Susan Ouriou, The Road to Chlifa
French Language
Fiction
Winner:
- Nicole Houde, Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse
Other Finalists:
- Ying Chen, L'Ingratitude
- Louis Hamelin, Betsi Larousse ou l'Ineffable
- Louis Jolicoeur, Saisir l'absence
- André Major, La Vie provisoire
Poetry
Winner:
- Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul
Other Finalists:
- Louise Desjardins, La 2e Avenue précédé de Petite sensation, La minutie de l'araignée, Le marché de l'amour
- Jocelyne Felx, La Pierre et les Heures
- Gérald Gaudet, La Fiction de l'âme
- Andrée Lacelle, Tant de vie s'égare
Drama
Winner:
- Carole Fréchette, Les Quatre Morts de Marie
Other Finalists:
- Jean Marc Dalpé, Lucky Lady
- Suzanne Lebeau, Contes d'enfants réels
- Michèle Magny, Marina, le dernier rose aux joues
Non-Fiction
Winner:
- Yvan Lamonde, Louis-Antoine Dessaulles. Un seigneur libéral et anticlérical
Other Finalists:
- Hélène-Andrée Bizier, Le Noir et le Rouge
- Jean Boivin, La Classe de Messiaen
- Marcel Fournier, Marcel Mauss
- Daniel Latouche, Plaidoyer pour le Québec
Children's Literature, Text
Winner:
- Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin
Other Finalists:
- Jean-Pierre Davidts, Contes du chat gris
- Christiane Duchesne, Berthold et Lucrèce
- Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
- Jacques Savoie, Toute la beauté du monde
Children's Literature, Illustration
Winner:
- Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
Other Finalists:
- Marie-Louise Gay, Berthold et Lucrèce
- Stéphane Jorisch, Le Baiser maléfique
- Pierre Pratt, La Bottine magique de Pipo
- Rémy Simard, Le père Noël a une crevaison
Translation (English to French)
Winner:
- Hervé Juste, Entre l'ordre et la liberté
Other Finalists:
- Michèle Causse, Loyale à la chasse
- Hervé Juste, Trudeau : l'illusion héroïque
- Anne Malena, La Maraude
- Marie José Thériault, À l'aube de lendemains précaires
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