Each winner of the 1994 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10 000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. [1] The winners were selected by a panel of judges set up by the Canada Council for the Arts. [2]
Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers |
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Non-fiction | John A. Livingston, Rogue Primate: An Exploration of Human Domestication |
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Poetry | Robert Hilles, Cantos from a Small Room |
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Drama | Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth |
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Children's literature | Julie Johnston, Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me |
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Children's illustration | Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story |
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French to English translation | Donald Winkler, The Lyric Generation: The Life and Times of the Baby Boomers |
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Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Robert Lalonde, Le petit aigle à tête blanche |
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Non-fiction | Chantal Saint-Jarre, Du SIDA |
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Poetry | Fulvio Caccia, Aknos |
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Drama | Michel Ouellette, French Town |
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Children's literature | Suzanne Martel, Une belle journée pour mourir |
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Children's illustration | Pierre Pratt, Mon chien est un éléphant |
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English to French translation | Jude Des Chênes, Le mythe du sauvage |
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