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

French
Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Blue ribbon Fernand Ouellette, Lucie ou un midi en novembre
  • Louise Bouchard, Les Images
  • Jean-Paul Fugère, Popa moman et le saint homme
  • Suzanne Paradis, La Ligne bleue
Non-fiction Blue ribbon François Ricard, La littérature contre elle-même
Poetry Blue ribbon André Roy, Action writing
Drama Blue ribbon Maryse Pelletier, Duo pour voix obstinées

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