1995 Governor General's Awards

Summary

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.[1] Each winner received a cheque for $10,000 and a copy of their books specially bound by master bookbinder Pierre Ouvard.

English edit

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl
Non-fiction   Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
Poetry   Anne Szumigalski, Voice
Drama   Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head
Children's literature   Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro
Children's illustration   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   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?)

French edit

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Nicole Houde, Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse
Non-fiction   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   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   Carole Fréchette, Les Quatre morts de Marie
Children's literature   Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin
Children's illustration   Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
English to French translation   Hervé Juste, Entre l'ordre et la liberté

References edit

  1. ^ "Writer's Roaring success: Greg Hollingshead wins Governor-General's Award for fiction". Vancouver Sun, November 15, 1995.