Governor General's Awards

The Governor General's Award (French Prix du Gouverneur général) is the most prestigious literary award in Canada, donated in 1937 by Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir. Since 1957, the Awards are awarded in different categories for their outstanding and significant literary achievements both in English and in French ( Governor General's Literary Awards) from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Award winners

Winners of the Governor General's Award for Fiction with works in English ( since 1968 ):

Mordecai Richler Robertson Davies Rudy Wiebe Margaret Laurence Brian Moore (novelist) Marian Engel Timothy Findley George Bowering Mavis Gallant Leon Rooke Margaret Atwood Rohinton Mistry Michael Ondaatje Carol Shields Jane Urquhart Matt Cohen (writer) Miriam Toews David Gilmour (writer) Patrick deWitt

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