1985 Governor General's Awards

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Fiction

Winner:

Margaret Atwood , ''The Handmaid's Tale''

Other Finalists:

Sharon Butala , ''Queen of the Headaches''

Keath Fraser , ''Foreign Affairs''

David Adams Richards , ''Road to the Stilt House''

Poetry

Winner:

Fred Wah , ''Waiting for Saskatchewan''

Other Finalists:

Lorna Crozier , ''The Garden Going on Without Us''

Richard Lush , ''A Manual for Lying Down''

Anne Szumigalski , ''Instar''

Drama

Winner:

George F. Walker , ''Criminals in Love''

Other Finalists:

David French , ''Salt-water Moon''

Margaret Hollingsworth , ''War Babies (in Willful Acts: Five Plays)''

Ken Mitchell , ''Gone the Burning Sun''

Non-fiction

Winner:

Ramsay Cook , ''The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada''

Other Finalists:

Michael D. Behiels , ''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''

FRENCH LANGUAGE

Fiction

Winner:

Fernand Ouellette , ''Lucie ou un midi en novembre''

Other Finalists:

Louise Bouchard , ''Les Images''

Jean-Paul Fugère , ''Popa moman et le saint homme''

Suzanne Paradis , ''La Ligne bleue''

Poetry

Winner:

André Roy , ''Action writing''

Other Finalists:

Anne-Marie Alonzo , ''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''

Other Finalists:

Michel Marc Bouchard , ''La poupée de Pélopia''

Francine Noël , ''Chandeleur''

Non-fiction

Winner:

François Ricard , ''La littérature contre elle-même''

Other Finalists:

Lysiane Gagnon , ''Chroniques politiques''

Hélène Pelletier-Baillargeon , ''Marie Gérin-Lajoie''

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1985 Governor General's Awards