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 |
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale |
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| Non-fiction |
Ramsay Cook, The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada |
- Michael D. Behiels, Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalism
- John Herd Thompson, Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord
- P. B. Waite, The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister
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| Poetry |
Fred Wah, Waiting for Saskatchewan |
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| Drama |
George F. Walker, Criminals in Love |
- David French, Salt-Water Moon
- Margaret Hollingsworth, War Babies (in Willful Acts: Five Plays)
- Ken Mitchell, Gone the Burning Sun
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French
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