1978 Governor General's Awards Explained

Each winner of the 1978 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

English language

• Fiction: Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are?^[1]
• Poetry or Drama: Patrick Lane, Poems New and Selected.
• Non-Fiction: Roger Caron, Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars.

French language

• Fiction: Jacques Poulin, Les grandes marées.
• Poetry or Drama: Gilbert Langevin, Mon refuge est un volcan.
• Non-Fiction: François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Emile Borduas : Biographie critique et analyse de l'oeuvre.

Notes and References

1. News: 22 March 1979 . Writer awarded her second Governor-General's award . 14 February 2024 . . 43 . . The Canadian Press.