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1994 Governor General's Awards

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Each winner of the 1994 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada.[1] The winners were selected by a panel of judges set up by the Canada Council for the Arts.[2]

English

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers
Non-fiction Blue ribbon John A. Livingston, Rogue Primate: An Exploration of Human Domestication
  • 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
Poetry Blue ribbon Robert Hilles, Cantos from a Small Room
Drama Blue ribbon Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth
Children's literature Blue ribbon Julie Johnston, Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story
French to English translation Blue ribbon Donald Winkler, The Lyric Generation: The Life and Times of the Baby Boomers

French

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Robert Lalonde, Le petit aigle à tête blanche
Non-fiction Blue ribbon Chantal Saint-Jarre, Du SIDA
Poetry Blue ribbon Fulvio Caccia, Aknos
Drama Blue ribbon Michel Ouellette, French Town
Children's literature Blue ribbon Suzanne Martel, Une belle journée pour mourir
Children's illustration Blue ribbon Pierre Pratt, Mon chien est un éléphant
English to French translation Blue ribbon Jude Des Chênes, Le mythe du sauvage

References

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  1. ^ John Geddes, "Wiebe wins Canada's heart with love of history". Financial Post, November 19, 1994.
  2. ^ Conway Daly, "Munro, Atwood lead familiar names in race for Governor General's award". Kingston Whig-Standard, October 28, 1994.