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.
English
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| align="center"| Fiction
| Greg Hollingshead, The Roaring Girl
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- Diana Atkinson, Highways and Dancehalls
- Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman
- Julie Keith, The Jaguar Temple
- Richard B. Wright, The Age of Longing
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
| Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
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- Charles Foran, The Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast
- Linda McQuaig, Shooting the Hippo
- Sid Marty, Leaning on the Wind
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| align="center"| Poetry
| Anne Szumigalski, Voice
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- Roo Borson, Night Walk
- Di Brandt, Jerusalem, Beloved
- Don Domanski, Stations of the Left Hand
- Steven Heighton, The Ecstasy of Skeptics
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| align="center"| Drama
| Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head
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- Brad Fraser, Poor Super Man
- Deborah Kimmett, Miracle Mother
- Joan MacLeod, The Hope Slide/Little Sister
- Eugene Stickland, Some Assembly Required
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| align="center"| Children's literature
| Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro
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- Beth Goobie, Mission Impossible
- Hazel Hutchins, Tess
- Welwyn Wilton Katz, Out of the Dark
- Diana Wieler, RanVan A Worthy Opponent
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
| Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
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- Warabé Aska, Aska's Sea Creatures
- Geoff Butler, The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
- Gary Clement, Just Stay Put
- Frances Tyrrell, Woodland Christmas
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| align="center"| French to English translation
| David Homel, Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? (Dany Laferrière, Cette grenade dans la main du jeune nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit?)
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- Paul Leduc Browne and Dream Michelle Weinroth, Trudeau and the End of a Canadian Dream
- Sheila Fischman, No Song, But Silence
- Wayne Grady, Black Squirrel
- Susan Ouriou, The Road to Chlifa
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French
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| align="center"| Fiction
| Nicole Houde, Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse
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- Ying Chen, L'Ingratitude
- Louis Hamelin, Betsi Larousse ou l'Ineffable
- Louis Jolicoeur, Saisir l'absence
- André Major, La Vie provisoire
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
| Yvan Lamonde, Louis-Antoine Dessaulles. Un seigneur libéral et anticlérical
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- Hélène-Andrée Bizier, Le Noir et le Rouge
- Jean Boivin, La Classe de Messiaen
- Marcel Fournier, Marcel Mauss
- Daniel Latouche, Plaidoyer pour le Québec
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| align="center"| Poetry
| Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul
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- 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
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| align="center"| Drama
| Carole Fréchette, Les Quatre morts de Marie
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- Jean-Marc Dalpé, Lucky Lady
- Suzanne Lebeau, Contes d'enfants réels
- Michèle Magny, Marina, le dernier rose aux joues
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| align="center"| Children's literature
| Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin
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- 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
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
| Annouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau
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- 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
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| align="center"| English to French translation
| Hervé Juste, Entre l'ordre et la liberté
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- 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
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