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. The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc PC, CC, CMM, CD (born December 18, 1927 in Memramcook, New Brunswick) is a former Governor General of Canada. ... 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 Winter Garden Theatre is located at Broadway and 50th Street in New York City. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ...

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl

Other Finalists: Gregory Hollingshead (born 1947) is a Canadian novelist. ...

• Diana Atkinson, Highways and Dancehalls
• Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman
• Julie Keith, The Jaguar Temple
• Richard B. Wright, The Age of Longing

Barbara Gowdy, born in 1950 in Canada, is a novelist. ... Richard B. Wright is a Canadian novelist. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Anne Szumigalski, Voice

Other Finalists:

• Roo Borson, Night Walk
• Di Brandt, Jerusalem, Beloved
• Don Domanski, Stations of the Left Hand
• Steven Heighton, The Ecstasy of Skeptics

Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (1952- ) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. ... Di Brandt (born 1952) is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. ... Don Domansky (born 1950) is a Canadian poet who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Steven Heighton (born 1961 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist and poet. ...

Drama

Winner:

• Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head

Other Finalists:

• Brad Fraser, Poor Super Man: A Play with Captions
• Deborah Kimmett, Miracle Mother
• Joan MacLeod, The Hope Slide - Little Sister
• Eugene Stickland, Some Assembly Required

Brad Fraser (born June 28, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. ...

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen

Other Finalists:

• Charles Foran, The Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast
• Linda McQuaig, Shooting the Hippo
• Sid Marty, Leaning on the Wind

Linda McQuaig is a Canadian journalist, columnist and non-fiction author. ...

Children's Literature, Text

Winner:

• Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro

Other Finalists:

• Beth Goobie, Mission Impossible
• Hazel Hutchins, Tess
• Welwyn Wilton Katz, Out of the Dark
• Diana Wieler, RanVan A Worthy Opponent

Hazel Hutchins is a Canadian childrens author who lives in Canmore, Alberta. ... Welwyn Wilton Katz (born June 7, 1948) is a Canadian childrens author who currently lives in Kitchener, Ontario. ...

Children's Literature, Illustration

Winner:

• Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh

Other Finalists:

• Warabé Aska, Aska's Sea Creatures
• Geoff Butler, The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
• Gary Clement, Just Stay Put
• Frances Tyrrell, Woodland Christmas

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

• David Homel, Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?

Other Finalists:

• Paul Leduc Browne and Dream Michelle Weinroth, Trudeau and the End of a Canadian
• Sheila Fischman, No Song, But Silence
• Wayne Grady, Black Squirrel
• Susan Ouriou, The Road to Chlifa

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:

• Nicole Houde, Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse

Other Finalists:

• Ying Chen, L'Ingratitude
• Louis Hamelin, Betsi Larousse ou l'Ineffable
• Louis Jolicoeur, Saisir l'absence
• André Major, La Vie provisoire

Ying Chen (应晨) (born 1961) is a Chinese Canadian author. ...

Poetry

Winner:

• Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul

Other Finalists:

• 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

Winner:

• Carole Fréchette, Les Quatre Morts de Marie

Other Finalists:

• Jean Marc Dalpé, Lucky Lady
• Suzanne Lebeau, Contes d'enfants réels
• Michèle Magny, Marina, le dernier rose aux joues

Non-Fiction

Winner:

• Yvan Lamonde, Louis-Antoine Dessaulles. Un seigneur libéral et anticlérical

Other Finalists:

• Hélène-Andrée Bizier, Le Noir et le Rouge
• Jean Boivin, La Classe de Messiaen
• Marcel Fournier, Marcel Mauss
• Daniel Latouche, Plaidoyer pour le Québec

Children's Literature, Text

Winner:

• Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin

Other Finalists:

• 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 Literature, Illustration

Winner:

• Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau

Other Finalists:

• 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

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

• Hervé Juste, Entre l'ordre et la liberté

Other Finalists:

• 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

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 nominees for the 2004 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 26. ... The 2002 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, November 19. ... The 2001 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were be presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14. ... 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 1999 Canadian Governor Generals Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, at a press conference held on November 16th at the National Library of Canada. ... 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. ... The winners of the 1997 Governor Generals Literary Awards was announced on November 18th by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1994 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... 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 1992 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1991 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1989 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1987 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars 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 1984 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 1983 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 1973 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. ... Each winner of the 1966 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...