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

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
Poetry Blue ribbon Anne Szumigalski, Voice
Drama Blue ribbon Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head
Children's literature Blue ribbon Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
  • Warabé Aska, Aska's Sea Creatures
  • Geoff Butler, The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
  • Gary Clement, Just Stay Put
  • Frances Tyrrell, Woodland Christmas
French to English translation Blue ribbon David Homel, Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? (Dany Laferrière, Cette grenade dans la main du jeune nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit?)
  • Paul Leduc Browne and Dream Michelle Weinroth, Trudeau and the End of a Canadian Dream
  • Sheila Fischman, No Song, But Silence
  • Wayne Grady, Black Squirrel
  • Susan Ouriou, The Road to Chlifa

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Nicole Houde, Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Yvan Lamonde, Louis-Antoine Dessaulles. Un seigneur libéral et anticlérical
  • Hélène-Andrée Bizier, Le Noir et le Rouge
  • Jean Boivin, La Classe de Messiaen
  • Marcel Fournier, Marcel Mauss
  • Daniel Latouche, Plaidoyer pour le Québec
Poetry Blue ribbon Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul
  • 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 Blue ribbon Carole Fréchette, Les Quatre morts de Marie
Children's literature Blue ribbon Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin
  • 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 illustration Blue ribbon Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
  • 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
English to French translation Blue ribbon Hervé Juste, Entre l'ordre et la liberté
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