1978 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award

Each winner of the 1978 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

English language

  • Fiction: Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are?[1]
  • Poetry or Drama: Patrick Lane, Poems New and Selected.[1]
  • Non-Fiction: Roger Caron, Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars.[1]

French language

  • Fiction: Jacques Poulin, Les grandes marées.[1]
  • Poetry or Drama: Gilbert Langevin, Mon refuge est un volcan.[1]
  • Non-Fiction: François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Emile Borduas : Biographie critique et analyse de l'oeuvre.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Writer awarded her second Governor-General's award". The Leader-Post. The Canadian Press. 22 March 1979. p. 43. Retrieved 14 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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