The 1995 Governor General's Literary Awards were presented by Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada on November 14 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000 and a copy of their books specially bound by master bookbinder Pierre Ouvard.

Table of contents
1 English Language
2 French Language
3 Other Governor General's Awards:

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:
  • Diana Atkinson, Highways and Dancehalls
  • Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman
  • Julie Keith, The Jaguar Temple
  • Richard B. Wright, The Age of Longing

Poetry

Winner:

  • Anne Szumigalski, Voice

Other Finalists:

Drama

Winner:

  • Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head

Other Finalists:
  • Brad Fraser, Poor Super Man: A Play with Captions
  • Deborah Kimmett, Miracle Mother
  • Joan MacLeod, The Hope Slide - Little Sister
  • Eugene Stickland, Some Assembly Required

Non-Fiction

Winner:

  • Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen

Other Finalists:
  • Charles Foran, The Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast
  • Linda McQuaig, Shooting the Hippo
  • Sid Marty, Leaning on the Wind

Children's Literature, Text

Winner:

  • Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro

Other Finalists:

Children's Literature, Illustration

Winner:

  • Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh

Other Finalists:
  • Warabé Aska, Aska's Sea Creatures
  • Geoff Butler, The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
  • Gary Clement, Just Stay Put
  • Frances Tyrrell, Woodland Christmas

Translation (from French to English)

Winner:

  • David Homel, Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?

Other Finalists:
  • Paul Leduc Browne and Dream Michelle Weinroth, Trudeau and the End of a Canadian
  • Sheila Fischman, No Song, But Silence
  • Wayne Grady, Black Squirrel
  • Susan Ouriou, The Road to Chlifa

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

Other Finalists:
  • Ying Chen, L'Ingratitude
  • Louis Hamelin, Betsi Larousse ou l'Ineffable
  • Louis Jolicoeur, Saisir l'absence
  • André Major, La Vie provisoire

Poetry

Winner:

  • Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul

Other Finalists:
  • Louise Desjardins, La 2e Avenue précédé de Petite sensation, La minutie de l'araignée, Le marché de l'amour
  • Jocelyne Felx, La Pierre et les Heures
  • Gérald Gaudet, La Fiction de l'âme
  • Andrée Lacelle, Tant de vie s'égare

Drama

Winner:

  • Carole Fréchette, Les Quatre Morts de Marie

Other Finalists:
  • Jean Marc Dalpé, Lucky Lady
  • Suzanne Lebeau, Contes d'enfants réels
  • Michèle Magny, Marina, le dernier rose aux joues

Non-Fiction

Winner:

  • Yvan Lamonde, Louis-Antoine Dessaulles. Un seigneur libéral et anticlérical

Other Finalists:
  • Hélène-Andrée Bizier, Le Noir et le Rouge
  • Jean Boivin, La Classe de Messiaen
  • Marcel Fournier, Marcel Mauss
  • Daniel Latouche, Plaidoyer pour le Québec

Children's Literature, Text

Winner:

  • Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin

Other Finalists:
  • Jean-Pierre Davidts, Contes du chat gris
  • Christiane Duchesne, Berthold et Lucrèce
  • Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
  • Jacques Savoie, Toute la beauté du monde

Children's Literature, Illustration

Winner:

  • Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau

Other Finalists:
  • Marie-Louise Gay, Berthold et Lucrèce
  • Stéphane Jorisch, Le Baiser maléfique
  • Pierre Pratt, La Bottine magique de Pipo
  • Rémy Simard, Le père Noël a une crevaison

Translation (English to French)

Winner:

  • Hervé Juste, Entre l'ordre et la liberté

Other Finalists:
  • Michèle Causse, Loyale à la chasse
  • Hervé Juste, Trudeau : l'illusion héroïque
  • Anne Malena, La Maraude
  • Marie José Thériault, À l'aube de lendemains précaires

Other Governor General's Awards:

2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936