Canadian Literary Awards
1970s
Winners of Canadian literary awards in the 1970s.
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1979
Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Clark Blaise – Lunar Attractions
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Jack Hodgins – The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne
- Non-fiction
- Maria Tippett – Emily Carr
- Poetry
- Michael Ondaatje – There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do
- Études et essais
- Dominique Clift et Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos – Le fait anglais au Québec
- Poésie
- Robert Mélançon – Peinture aveugle
- Romans et nouvelles
- Marie-Claire Blais – Le Sourd dans la ville
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Sondra Gotlieb – True Confections
Writers Trust Awards
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Cliff Faulknor
1978
Books in Canada First Novel Award
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Alice Munro – Who Do You Think You Are?
- Non-fiction
- Roger Caron – Go-Boy!
- Poetry
- Patrick Lane – Poems New and Selected
- Études et essais
- François-Marc Gagnon – Paul-Emile Borduas: Biographie critique et analyse de l'oeuvre
- Poésie
- Gilbert Langevin – Mon refuge est un volcan
- Romans et nouvelles
- Jacques Poulin – Les grandes marées
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Ernest Buckler – Whirligig
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Carl F. Klinck
Writers Trust Awards
1977
Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Oonah McFee – Sandbars
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Timothy Findley – The Wars
- Non-fiction
- Frank Scott – Essays on the Constitution
- Études et essais
- Denis Monière – Le développement des idéologies au Québec des origines à nos jours
- Romans et nouvelles
- Gabrielle Roy – Ces enfants de ma vie
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Ray Guy – That Far Greater Bay
Writers Trust Awards
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- James Houston
1976
Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Ian McLachlan – The Seventh Hexagram
- Michael Ondaatje – Coming Through Slaughter
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Marian Engel – Bear
- Non-fiction
- Carl Berger – The Writing of Canadian History
- Poetry
- Joe Rosenblatt – Top Soil
- Études et essais
- Fernand Ouellet – Les Bas Canada 1791-1840, changements structuraux et crise
- Poésie
- Alphonse Piché – Poèmes 1946-1968
- Romans et nouvelles
- André Major – Les rescapés
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Harry J. Boyle – The Luck of the Irish
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Douglas LePan
Writers Trust Awards
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Suzanne Martel
1975
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Brian Moore – The Great Victorian Collection
- Non-fiction
- Marion MacRae & Anthony Adamson – Hallowed Walls
- Poetry
- Milton Acorn – The Island Means Minago
- Études et essais
- Louis-Edmond Hamelin – Nordicité canadienne
- Poésie
- Pierre Perrault – Chouennes
- Romans et nouvelles
- Anne Hébert – Les enfants du sabbat
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Morley Torgov – A Good Place to Come From
Writers Trust Awards
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Lyn Harrington
1974
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Margaret Laurence – The Diviners
- Non-fiction
- Charles Ritchie – The Siren Years
- Poetry
- Ralph Gustafson – Fire on Stone
- Études et essais
- Louise Dechêne – Habitants et marchands de Montréal au XVIIe siècle
- Poésie
- Nicole Brossard – Mécanique jongleuse suivi de Masculin grammaticale
- Romans et nouvelles
- Victor-Levy Beaulieu – Don Quichotte de la démanche
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Donald Jack – That's Me in the Middle
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Rina Lasnier
Writers Trust Awards
1973
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Rudy Wiebe – The Temptations of Big Bear
- Non-fiction
- Michael Bell – Painters in a New Land
- Poetry
- Miriam Mandel – Lions at her Face
- Études et essais
- Albert Faucher – Québec en Amérique au XIXe siècle
- Poésie
- Roland Giguère – La main au feu (refused)
- Romans et nouvelles
- Réjean Ducharme – L'hiver de force
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Donald Bell – Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
Writers Trust Awards
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Christie Harris
1972
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Robertson Davies – The Manticore
- Poetry
- Dennis Lee – Civil Elegies and Other Poems
- John Newlove – Lies
- Études et essais
- Jean Hamelin et Yves Roby – Histoire économique du Québec 1851-1896
- Poésie
- Gilles Hénault – Signaux pour les voyants
- Romans et nouvelles
- Antonine Maillet – Don l'Orignal
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Max Braithwaite – The Night They Stole the Mounties' Car
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- W.C. Desmond Pacey
Writers Trust Awards
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- William E. Toye
1971
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Mordecai Richler – St. Urbain's Horseman
- Non-fiction
- Pierre Berton – The Last Spike
- Poetry
- John Glassco – Selected Poems
- Études et essais
- Gérald Fortin – La fin d'un règne
- Poésie
- Paul-Marie Lapointe – Le réel absolu
- Romans et nouvelles
- Gérard Bessette – Le cycle
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Robert Thomas Allen – Wives, Children & Other Wild Life
Writers Trust Awards
1970
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Dave Godfrey – The New Ancestors
- Poetry
- bpNichol – Still Water
- bpNichol – The True Eventual Story of Billy The Kid
- bpNichol – Beach Head
- bpNichol – The cosmic chef: an evening of concrete
- Michael Ondaatje – The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
- Études et essais
- Fernand Ouellette – Les actes retrouvés (refused)
- Romans et nouvelles
- Monique Bosco – La femme de Loth
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Farley Mowat – The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Roy Daniells
