Winners of Canadian literary awards for 1981.

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Books in Canada First Novel Award

Books in Canada First Novel Award

Joy Kogawa – Obasan

Governor General's Literary Awards

Fiction

Mavis Gallant – Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories

Non-fiction

George Calef – Caribou and the barren-lands

Poetry

F.R. Scott – The Collected Poems of F.R. Scott

Études et essais

Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska – L'échappée des discours de l'oeil

Poésie

Michel Beaulieu – Visages

Romans et nouvelles

Denys Chabot – La province lunaire

Leacock Medal for Humour

Leacock Medal for Humour

Gary Lautens – Take My Family...Please!

Writers Trust Awards

Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature

Monica Hughes

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Added 02 November 2008.
Updated 26 June 2010.