1985 Governor General's Awards
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Each winner of the 1985 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts
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Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
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Fiction
Winner:- Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
, The Handmaid's TaleThe Handmaid's TaleThe Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel, a work of science fiction or speculative fiction, written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood and first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1985...
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- Sharon ButalaSharon ButalaSharon Butala is a Canadian novelist who lives in Eastend, Saskatchewan.In 2001, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada...
, Queen of the Headaches - Keath FraserKeath FraserKeath Fraser is a Canadian fiction author . Keath Fraser lived in London, England from 1970 to 1973 where he studied at the University of London and he Earned his Ph.D. and taught English in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for five years as a tenured professor...
, Foreign Affairs - David Adams RichardsDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a B.A.. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and...
, Road to the Stilt House
Poetry
Winner:- Fred WahFred WahFrederick James Wah is a Canadian poet, novelist, and scholar.Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but grew up in the interior of British Columbia. His Canadian-born father was raised in China, the son of a Chinese father and a Scots-Irish mother. Fred Wah's mother was a Swedish-born...
, Waiting for Saskatchewan
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- Lorna CrozierLorna CrozierLorna Crozier is a Canadian poet and holds the Head Chair in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria....
, The Garden Going on Without Us - Richard LushRichard LushRichard Lush is a British-born Australian recording engineer and producer. He began his career in the mid-1960s as an assistant engineer at the EMI Abbey Road Studios in London....
, A Manual for Lying Down - Anne SzumigalskiAnne SzumigalskiAnne Szumigalski, SOM was a Canadian poet.- Life :She was born Anne Howard Davies in London, England, and grew up mostly in a Hampshire village. She served with the Red Cross as a medical auxiliary officer and interpreter during World War II, following British Army forces in 1944-5 across parts of...
, Instar
Drama
Winner:- George F. WalkerGeorge F. WalkerGeorge F. Walker, CM is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. He is one of Canada's most prolific playwrights, and also one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally.-Early years:...
, Criminals in Love
Other Finalists:
- David French, Salt-water Moon
- Margaret Hollingsworth, War Babies (in Willful Acts: Five Plays)
- Ken MitchellKen MitchellKen Mitchell is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. Mitchell was raised on a rural farm outside the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Mitchell began his post-secondary education as a journalism student at Ryerson University, Toronto. He later attended the University of Saskatchewan, where he...
, Gone the Burning Sun
Non-fiction
Winner:- Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada
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- Michael D. BehielsMichael D. BehielsMichael Behiels is a professor and University Research Chair in the Department of history at the University of Ottawa, specializing in twentieth- century Canadian politics. A student of Ramsay Cook, he is a prominent defender of Pierre Trudeau's conception of federalism: no special status for...
, Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalism - John Herd Thompson, Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord
- P.B. Waite, The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister
Fiction
Winner:- Fernand Ouellette, Lucie ou un midi en novembre
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- Louise Bouchard, Les Images
- Jean-Paul Fugère, Popa moman et le saint homme
- Suzanne ParadisSuzanne ParadisSuzanne Paradis is a Canadian poet, novelist and critic based in Quebec.-Books:* Les Enfants* A temps, le bonheur* Les Hauts Cris* La Chasse aux autres*Les Cormorans*L'Oeuvre de pierre...
, La Ligne bleue
Poetry
Winner:- André RoyAndré RoyAndré Roy is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey player. A veteran of the National Hockey League , Roy is currently an unrestricted free agent.-Playing career:...
, Action writing
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- Anne-Marie AlonzoAnne-Marie AlonzoAnne-Marie Alonzo, CM was a Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher.Born in Alexandria, Egypt, she immigrated to Quebec when she was twelve...
, Bleus de mine - François Charron, La vie n'a pas de sens
- Patrice Desbiens, Dans l'après-midi cardiaque
- Paul Chanel Malenfant, Les noms du père, suivi de Lieux dits: Italique
Drama
Winner:- Maryse Pelletier, Duo pour voix obstinées
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- Michel Marc BouchardMichel Marc BouchardMichel Marc Bouchard is a gay Canadian playwright.Born in Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Quebec, he studied theatre at the University of Ottawa. Bouchard made his professional playwriting debut in 1983 and since then has written some 25 plays...
, La poupée de Pélopia - Francine NoëlFrancine NoëlFrancine Noël is a Canadian writer, whose 2005 work La Femme de ma vie won the 2006 edition of Première Chaîne's Le Combat des livres.She teaches theatre at the Université du Québec à Montréal.-Awards and nominations:...
, Chandeleur
Non-fiction
Winner:- François Ricard, La littérature contre elle-même
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- Lysiane GagnonLysiane GagnonLysiane Gagnon is a journalist based in Quebec. She has written for Montreal's La Presse since 1980 and Toronto's Globe and Mail since 1990.- Biography :...
, Chroniques politiques - Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon, Marie Gérin-Lajoie