1962 Governor General's Awards Explained

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.
• Poetry or Drama: James Reaney, Twelve Letters to a Small Town and The Killdeer and Other Plays.
• Non-Fiction: Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy.

French Language

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

Notes and References

1. News: 15 March 1963 . Governor General's Awards Show English Fiction Had Thin Year . 22 . . 21 December 2023.