1995 Governor General's Awards Explained

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

width=15%	Category	width=30%	Winner	width=55%	Nominated
Fiction	Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl	Diana Atkinson, Highways and Dancehalls Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman Julie Keith, The Jaguar Temple Richard B. Wright, The Age of Longing
Non-fiction	Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen	Charles Foran, The Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast Linda McQuaig, Shooting the Hippo Sid Marty, Leaning on the Wind
Poetry	Anne Szumigalski, Voice	Roo Borson, Night Walk Di Brandt, Jerusalem, Beloved Don Domanski, Stations of the Left Hand Steven Heighton, The Ecstasy of Skeptics
Drama	Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head	Brad Fraser, Poor Super Man Deborah Kimmett, Miracle Mother Joan MacLeod, The Hope Slide/Little Sister Eugene Stickland, Some Assembly Required
Children's literature	Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro	Beth Goobie, Mission Impossible Hazel Hutchins, Tess Welwyn Wilton Katz, Out of the Dark Diana Wieler, RanVan A Worthy Opponent
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?)	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

width=15%	Category	width=30%	Winner	width=55%	Nominated
Fiction	Nicole Houde, Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse	Ying Chen, L'Ingratitude Louis Hamelin, Betsi Larousse ou l'Ineffable Louis Jolicoeur, Saisir l'absence André Major, La Vie provisoire
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	Jean-Marc Dalpé, Lucky Lady Suzanne Lebeau, Contes d'enfants réels Michèle Magny, Marina, le dernier rose aux joues
Children's literature	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	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	Hervé Juste, Entre l'ordre et la liberté	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

Notes and References

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