Each winner of the 1994 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges set up by the Canada Council for the Arts. The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) général(e) is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). ... The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, was introduced by Parliament in 1957. ...

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers

Other Finalists: Rudy Henry Wiebe (born 4 October 1934) is a Canadian author and professor emeritus, Department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992. ...

• Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
• Donna McFarlane, Division of Surgery
• Alice Munro, Open Secrets
• Russell Smith, How Insensitive

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, one of the worlds best-selling authors, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Alice Munro (born Alice Ann Laidlaw on July 10, 1931) is a noted Canadian short story writer. ... Russell C. Smith (born 1963 in South Africa) is a Canadian novelist. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Robert Hilles, Cantos from a Small Room

Other Finalists: Robert Hilles (born 1951) is a Canadian poet who lives in Calgary, Alberta. ...

• Robin Blaser, The Holy Forest
• Polly Fleck, The Chinese Execution
• Monty Reid, Dog Sleeps

Drama

Winner:

• Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth

Other Finalists: Morris Panych (1952–) is a Canadian playwright, director and actor. ...

• Joanna McClelland Glass, If We Are Women
• Wendy Lill, All Fall Down
• Bryden MacDonald, Whale Riding Weather

Joanna McClelland Glass (born 1936) is a Canadian playwright who currently resides in Naperville, Illinois. ...

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• John A. Livingston, Rogue Primate: An Exploration of Human Domestication

Other Finalists:

• Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature
• Denise Chong, The Concubine's Children: Portrait of a Family
• Joan Haggerty, The Invitation: A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation
• Peter Larisey, Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life-An Interpretation

Sharon Butala (born 1940) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Eastend, Saskatchewan. ... Joan Haggerty is a Canadian novelist who lives in Telkwa, British Columbia. ...

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Julie Johnston, Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me

Other Finalists:

• Sarah Ellis, Out of the Blue
• Carol Matas, The Burning Time
• Jim McGugan, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story
• Ken Roberts, Past Tense

Carol Matas (born 1949) is a Canadian childrens writer who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Ken Roberts (born 1946) is a Canadian childrens writer who lives in Brantford, Ontario. ...

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story

Other Finalists:

• Marie Lafrance, La Diablesse and the Baby
• Michèle Lemieux, There Was An Old Man...: A Collection of Limericks
• Laurie McGaw, Polar the Titanic Bear
• Martin Springett, Who

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

• Donald Winkler, The Lyric Generation: The Life and Times of the Baby Boomers

Other Finalists:

• Patricia Claxton, Tchipayuk or The Way of the Wolf
• Sheila Fischman, The Sound of Living Things
• David Homel, An Aroma of Coffee
• Shelley Tepperman, Playing Bare

Sheila Leah Fischman (born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1937) is a Canadian translator who specializes in the translation of works of contemporary Quebec literature. ...

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Robert Lalonde, Le petit aigle à tête blanche

Other Finalists:

• Réjean Ducharme, Va savoir
• Daniel Poliquin, L'Écureuil noir
• Hélène Rioux, Pense à mon rendez-vous
• Sylvain Trudel, Les Prophètes

Réjean Ducharme (born August 12, 1941) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. ... Daniel Poliquin (born December 18, 1953) is a Canadian novelist and translator. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Fulvio Caccia, Aknos

Other Finalists:

• Marcel Labine, Machines imaginaires
• Rachel Leclerc, Rabatteurs d'étoiles
• Paul Chanel Malenfant, Hommes de profil
• Pierre Ouellet, Vita chiara, villa oscura

Drama

Winner:

• Michel Ouellette, French Town

Other Finalists:

• Michelle Allen, Morgane
• Yvan Bienvenue, Histoires à mourir d'amour
• Claude Poissant, Si tu meurs, je te tue
• Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Cinq études

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Chantal Saint-Jarre, Du sida

Other Finalists:

• Fernand Dumont, Genèse de la société québécoise
• Jean Lamarre, Le devenir de la nation québécoise
• Ginette Pelland, La peur des mots
• Georges E. Sioui, Les Wendats : une civilisation méconnue

Children's Literature - Text

Winner:

• Suzanne Martel, Une belle journée pour mourir

Other Finalists:

• Marie-Danielle Croteau, Un monde à la dérive
• François Gravel, Klonk

Children's Literature - Illustration

Winner:

• Pierre Pratt, Mon chien est un éléphant

Other Finalists:

• Sylvie Deronzier, Tartarin et le lion
• Stéphane Poulin, Le parc aux sortilèges
• Rémy Simard, Monsieur noir et blanc
• Gilles Tibo, Simon et la plume perdue

Translation (from English to French)

Winner:

• Jude Des Chênes, Le mythe du sauvage

Other Finalists:

• Claire Dupond and Hervé Juste, Les spécialistes des sciences sociales et la politique au Canada
• Michèle Marineau, Au delà des ténèbres
• Normand Paiement and Hervé Juste, Les Géants des ordures
• Daniel Poliquin, Le récit de voyage en Nouvelle - France de l'abbé peintre Hugues Pommier

Daniel Poliquin (born December 18, 1953) is a Canadian novelist and translator. ...

Other Governor General's Awards:

2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936 Since their creation in 1937, the Governor Generals Literary Awards have become one of Canadas most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Childrens Literature-Text, Childrens Literature-Illustration, and Translation. ... The 2000 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall. ... The winners of the 1998 Governor Generals Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17th in Ottawa. ... Each winner of the 1993 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1986 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1980 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1979 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1969 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...