Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
Canadian literary award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Governor General's Award for English-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in English.[1] It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The awards was created by the Canadian Authors Association in partnership with Lord Tweedsmuir in 1936. In 1959, the award became part of the Governor General's Awards program at the Canada Council for the Arts in 1959.[1] The age requirement is 18 and up.
The program was created in 1937 by the Canadian Authors Association and inaugurated that November for 1936 publications in two English-language categories, conventionally called the 1936 Governor General's Awards.[1] Administration of the awards was transferred to the Canada Council in 1959.[1]
The winners alone were announced until 1979, when Canada Council released in advance a shortlist of three nominees. Omitted only for 1981, the advance shortlist has numbered three to six; from 1997, always five.
Winners and nominees
1930s
| Year | Author | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Bertram Brooker | Think of the Earth | [2] |
| 1937 | Laura G. Salverson | The Dark Weaver | [3] |
| 1938 | Gwethalyn Graham | Swiss Sonata | [4] |
| 1939 | Franklin D. McDowell | The Champlain Road | [5] |
1940s
| Year | Author | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Ringuet | Thirty Acres | [6] |
| 1941 | Alan Sullivan | Three Came to Ville Marie | [7] |
| 1942 | G. Herbert Sallans | Little Man | [8] |
| 1943 | Thomas H. Raddall | The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek | [9] |
| 1944 | Gwethalyn Graham | Earth and High Heaven | [10] |
| 1945 | Hugh MacLennan | Two Solitudes | [11] |
| 1946 | Winifred Bambrick | Continental Revue | [12] |
| 1947 | Gabrielle Roy | The Tin Flute | [13] |
| 1948 | Hugh MacLennan | The Precipice | [14] |
| 1949 | Philip Child | Mr. Ames Against Time | [15] |
1950s
| Year | Author | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Germaine Guèvremont | The Outlander | [16] |
| 1951 | Morley Callaghan | The Loved and the Lost | [17] |
| 1952 | David Walker | The Pillar | [18] |
| 1953 | David Walker | Digby | [19] |
| 1954 | Igor Gouzenko | The Fall of a Titan | [20] |
| 1955 | Lionel Shapiro | The Sixth of June | [21] |
| 1956 | Adele Wiseman | The Sacrifice | [22] |
| 1957 | Gabrielle Roy | Street of Riches | [23] |
| 1958 | Colin McDougall | Execution | [24] |
| 1959 | Hugh MacLennan | The Watch That Ends the Night | [25] |
1960s
| Year | Author | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Brian Moore | The Luck of Ginger Coffey | [26] |
| 1961 | Malcolm Lowry | Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place | [27] |
| 1962 | Kildare Dobbs | Running to Paradise | [28] |
| 1963 | Hugh Garner | Hugh Garner's Best Stories | [29] |
| 1964 | Douglas LePan | The Deserter | [30] |
| 1965 | No award presented | [31] | |
| 1966 | Margaret Laurence | A Jest of God | [32] |
| 1967 | No award presented | [33] | |
| 1968 | Alice Munro | Dance of the Happy Shades | [34] |
| Mordecai Richler | Cocksure | ||
| 1969 | Robert Kroetsch | The Studhorse Man | [35] |
1970s
| Year | Author | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Dave Godfrey | The New Ancestors | [36] |
| 1971 | Mordecai Richler | St. Urbain's Horseman | [37] |
| 1972 | Robertson Davies | The Manticore | [38] |
| 1973 | Rudy Wiebe | The Temptations of Big Bear | [39] |
| 1974 | Margaret Laurence | The Diviners | [40] |
| 1975 | Brian Moore | The Great Victorian Collection | [41] |
| 1976 | Marian Engel | Bear | [42] |
| 1977 | Timothy Findley | The Wars | [43] |
| 1978 | Alice Munro | Who Do You Think You Are? | [44] |
| 1979 | Jack Hodgins | The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne | [45] |
| Margaret Atwood | Life Before Man | [46] | |
| Matt Cohen | The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple Winners
3 Awards
- Hugh MacLennan (1945, 1948, 1959)
- Alice Munro (1968 (tied), 1978, 1986)
- Guy Vanderhaeghe (1982, 1996, 2015) no other nominations
- Michael Ondaatje (1992, 2000, 2007)
2 Awards
- Gwethalyn Graham (1938, 1944)
- Gabrielle Roy (1947, 1957)
- David Walker (1952, 1953) only back-to-back winner
- Brian Moore (1960, 1975)
- Margaret Laurence (1966, 1974)
- Mordecai Richler (1968 (tied), 1971)
- Rudy Wiebe (1973, 1994) no other nominations
- Nino Ricci (1990, 2008) no other nominations
Prior to 1979, only the winners were announced.
Some winners of this prize have also won Governor General's Literary Awards in other categories, such as Margaret Atwood (Fiction, Poetry).
References
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