Canadian Literary Awards
1970s

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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

Books in Canada First Novel Award
Joan Barfoot – Abra

Governor General's Literary Awards

Fiction
Alice MunroWho 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

Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
Lyn Cook

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 EngelBear
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

Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
Jean Little

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

Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
Kay Hill

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

Writers Trust Awards

Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
Farley Mowat