1979 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1979 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The 1979 awards were the first for which a shortlist of finalists was released a month before the presentation of the awards.

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Jack Hodgins, The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne[1]
Non-fiction Maria Tippett, Emily Carr[1]
Poetry or drama Michael Ondaatje, There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do[1]

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Marie-Claire Blais, Le Sourd dans la ville[1]
Non-fiction Dominique Clift and Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, Le fait anglais au Québec[1]
  • Daniel Latouche, Une société de l'ambiguïté
  • Pierre Nepveu, Les mots à l'écoute
Poetry or drama Robert Melançon, Peinture aveugle[1]
  • Marcel Bélanger, Migrations
  • André Roy, Les passions du samedi

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Adachi, Ken (April 21, 1980). "B.C. writer Hodgins wins top fiction prize". Toronto Star. p. 14. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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