1994 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award April 2026 Each winner of the 1994 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada.John Geddes, "Wiebe wins Canada's heart with love of history". Financial Post, November 19, 1994. The winners were selected by a panel of judges set up by the Canada Council for the Arts.Conway Daly, "Munro, Atwood lead familiar names in race for Governor General's award". Kingston Whig-Standard, October 28, 1994. English CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride Donna McFarlane, Division of Surgery Alice Munro, Open Secrets Russell Smith, How Insensitive Non-fiction 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 Robert Hilles, Cantos from a Small Room Robin Blaser, The Holy Forest Polly Fleck, The Chinese Execution Monty Reid, Dog Sleeps Drama Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth Joanna McClelland Glass, If We Are Women Wendy Lill, All Fall Down Bryden MacDonald, Whale Riding Weather Children's literature Julie Johnston, Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me Sarah Ellis, Out of the Blue Carol Matas, The Burning Time Jim McGugan, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story Ken Roberts, Past Tense Children's illustration Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story Marie Lafrance, La Diablesse and the Baby Michèle Lemieux, There Was An Old Man...: A Collection of Limericks Laurie McGaw, Polar the Titanic Bear French to English translation Donald Winkler, The Lyric Generation: The Life and Times of the Baby Boomers Patricia Claxton, Tchipayuk or The Way of the Wolf Sheila Fischman, The Sound of Living Things David Homel, An Aroma of Coffee Shelley Tepperman, Playing Bare French CategoryWinnerNominated Fiction Robert Lalonde, Le petit aigle à tête blanche Réjean Ducharme, Va savoir Daniel Poliquin, L'Écureuil noir Hélène Rioux, Pense à mon rendez-vous Sylvain Trudel, Les Prophètes Non-fiction Chantal Saint-Jarre, Du SIDA Fernand Dumont, Genèse de la société québécoise Jean Lamarre, Le devenir de la nation québécoise Ginette Pelland, La peur des mots Georges E. Sioui, Les Wendats : une civilisation méconnue Poetry Fulvio Caccia, Aknos Marcel Labine, Machines imaginaires Rachel Leclerc, Rabatteurs d'étoiles Paul Chanel Malenfant, Hommes de profil Pierre Ouellet, Vita chiara, villa oscura Drama Michel Ouellette, French Town Michelle Allen, Morgane Yvan Bienvenue, Histoires à mourir d'amour Claude Poissant, Si tu meurs, je te tue Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Cinq études Children's literature Suzanne Martel, Une belle journée pour mourir Marie-Danielle Croteau, Un monde à la dérive François Gravel, Klonk Children's illustration Pierre Pratt, Mon chien est un éléphant Sylvie Deronzier, Tartarin et le lion Stéphane Poulin, Le parc aux sortilèges Rémy Simard, Monsieur noir et blanc Gilles Tibo, Simon et la plume perdue English to French translation Jude Des Chênes, Le mythe du sauvage Claire Dupond and Hervé Juste, Les spécialistes des sciences sociales et la politique au Canada Michèle Marineau, Au-delà des ténèbres Normand Paiement and Hervé Juste, Les Géants des ordures Daniel Poliquin, Le récit de voyage en Nouvelle – France de l'abbé peintre Hugues Pommier References Category:Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards Category:1994 awards in Canada