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.

English

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
Non-fiction   Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada
Poetry   Fred Wah, Waiting for Saskatchewan
Drama   George F. Walker, Criminals in Love

French

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Category Winner Nominated
Fiction   Fernand Ouellette, Lucie ou un midi en novembre
Non-fiction   François Ricard, La littérature contre elle-même
Poetry   André Roy, Action writing
Drama   Maryse Pelletier, Duo pour voix obstinées

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