1962 Governor General's Awards

Canadian literary award

Each winner of the 1962 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.[1]

Winners

English Language

  • Fiction: Kildare Dobbs, Running to Paradise.[1]
  • Poetry or Drama: James Reaney, Twelve Letters to a Small Town and The Killdeer and Other Plays.[1]
  • Non-Fiction: Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy.[1]

French Language

  • Fiction: Jacques Ferron, Contes du pays incertain.[1]
  • Poetry or Drama: Jacques Languirand, Les insolites and Les violons de l'automne.[1]
  • Non-Fiction: Gilles Marcotte, Une littérature qui se fait.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Governor General's Awards Show English Fiction Had Thin Year". The Vancouver Sun. 15 March 1963. p. 22. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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