1995 Governor General's Awards

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.

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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