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.
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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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