 each winner of the 1994 governor general's awards for literary merit received $10 000 and a medal from the governor general of canada. the winners were selected by a panel of judges set up by the canada council for the arts. ==english language== ===fiction=== winner: * rudy wiebe, a discovery of strangers other finalists: * margaret atwood, the robber bride * donna mcfarlane, division of surgery * alice munro, open secrets * russell smith, how insensitive ===poetry=== winner: * robert hilles, cantos from a small room other finalists: * robin blaser, the holy forest * polly fleck, the chinese execution * monty reid, dog sleeps ===drama=== winner: * morris panych, the ends of the earth other finalists: * joanna mcclelland glass, if we are women * wendy lill, all fall down * bryden macdonald, whale riding weather ===non-fiction=== winner: * john a. livingston, rogue primate: an exploration of human domestication other finalists: * sharon butala, the perfection of the morning: an apprenticeship in nature * denise chong, the concubine's children: portrait of a family * joan haggerty, the invitation: a memoir of family love and reconciliation * peter larisey, light for a cold land: lawren harris's work and life-an interpretation ===children's literature â text=== winner: * julie johnston, adam and eve and pinch-me other finalists: * sarah ellis, out of the blue * carol matas, the burning time * jim mcgugan, josepha: a prairie boy's story * ken roberts, past tense ===children's literature â illustration=== winner: * murray kimber, josepha: a prairie boy's story other finalists: * marie lafrance, la diablesse and the baby * michÃ¨le lemieux, there was an old man...: a collection of limericks * laurie mcgaw, polar, the titanic bear * martin springett, who ===translation (from french to english)=== winner: * donald winkler, the lyric generation: the life and times of the baby boomers other finalists: * patricia claxton, tchipayuk or the way of the wolf * sheila fischman, the sound of living things * david homel, an aroma of coffee * shelley tepperman, playing bare ==french language== ===fiction=== winner: * robert lalonde, le petit aigle Ã  tÃªte blanche other finalists: * rÃ©jean ducharme, va savoir * daniel poliquin, l'Ãcureuil noir * hÃ©lÃ¨ne rioux, pense Ã  mon rendez-vous * sylvain trudel, les prophÃ¨tes ===poetry=== winner: * fulvio caccia, aknos other finalists: * marcel labine, machines imagina
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