1985 Governor General's Awards
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 Language
Fiction
Winner:
Other Finalists:
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:
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:
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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