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 in which a list of finalists was released a month before the presentation of the awards. This was done to attract more publicity. The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, was introduced by Parliament in 1957. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

English Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Jack Hodgins, The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne

Other Finalists: Jack Hodgins in 1981 Jack Hodgins (born 1938) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. ...

• Margaret Atwood, Life Before Man
• Matt Cohen, The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, one of the worlds best-selling authors, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Matt Cohen Matt Cohen (1942-1999) was a Canadian writer. ...

Poetry and Drama

Winner:

• Michael Ondaatje, There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do

Other Finalists: Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943) is a Canadian author. ...

• Erin Mouré, Empire, York Street
• Susan Musgrave, A Man to Marry, a Man to Bury

Erin Mouré (born 1955) is a Canadian poet who lives in Montreal, Quebec. ... Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and childrens writer who lives in Sidney, British Columbia. ...

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Maria Tippett, Emily Carr

Other Finalists:

• Robert Bothwell and William Kilbourn, C.D. Howe
• Larry Pratt and John Richards, Prairie Capitalism

French Language

Fiction

Winner:

• Marie-Claire Blais, Le Sourd dans la ville

Other Finalists: Marie-Claire Blais is a Canadian author. ...

• Suzanne Jacob, La Survie
• Suzanne Paradis, Miss Charlie

Poetry and Drama

Winner:

• Robert Mélançon, Peinture aveugle

Other Finalists:

• Marcel Bélanger, Migrations
• André Roy, Les passions du samedi

Non-fiction

Winner:

• Dominique Clift and Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, Le fait anglais au Québec

Other Finalists:

• Daniel Latouche, Une société de l'ambiguïté
• Pierre Nepveu, Les mots à l'écoute

Other Governor General's Awards:

2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 - 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961 - 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951 - 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941 - 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936 Since their creation in 1937, the Governor Generals Literary Awards have become one of Canadas most prestigious prizes, awarded in both French and English in seven categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Childrens Literature-Text, Childrens Literature-Illustration, and Translation. ... The 2000 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall. ... The winners of the 1998 Governor Generals Literary Awards were announced by Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts on November 17th in Ottawa. ... Each winner of the 1993 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. ... Each winner of the 1986 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1980 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... Each winner of the 1969 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ...