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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.
English
Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale[1] |
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Non-fiction | Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada[1] |
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Poetry | Fred Wah, Waiting for Saskatchewan[1] |
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Drama | George F. Walker, Criminals in Love[1] |
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French
Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Fernand Ouellette, Lucie ou un midi en novembre[1] |
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Non-fiction | François Ricard, La littérature contre elle-même[1] |
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Poetry | André Roy, Action writing[1] |
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Drama | Maryse Pelletier, Duo pour voix obstinées[1] |
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Atwood wins Governor General award". Red Deer Advocate. The Canadian Press. June 4, 1986. p. 10D. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.