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Governor General’s Literary Award

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1979 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

1979 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerEmily Carr: A BiographyMaria TippettNo artist has expressed the mood, mystery, and soul of Canadas west coast as Emily Carr did in her landscape art and novels. This biography captures the originality of mind, fierce and independent spirit, and extraordinary productivity of a woman who defi...Amazon1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistC.D. HoweRobert Bothwell and William KilbournAmazonPrairie CapitalismLarry Pratt and John RichardsAmazon
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1979 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Resurrection of Joseph BourneJack HodginsWhen an unknown woman steps off a beached Peruvian freighter and walks into the Vancouver Island town of Port Annie, nothing can ever be quite the same. Stalwart citizens, tired of their milltown routine, grasp at a fresh subject for gossip. Others are sud...Amazon1979 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistLife Before ManMargaret AtwoodAmazonThe Sweet Second Summer of Kitty MaloneMatt CohenAmazon
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1978 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1978 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerPoems New and SelectedPatrick LaneOne of Canadas most distinguished poets and winner of the Governor Generals Award in 1979 for Poems New and Selected, Patrick Lane deserves much admiration for his remarkable poetic achievement. This new volume of his verse traces the evolution of his wo...Amazon
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1978 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1978 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerWho Do You Think You Are?Alice Munro**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside. B...Amazon
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1977 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

1977 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

1977 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerUnder the Thunder the Flowers Light up the EarthD.G. JonesKnown for his confident and elemental lyrics, and subtle shifts in diction, tone and voice, the poetry of D. G. Jones offers a portal to the natural world. Though initially his poetry tended toward formality and rigorous control, Joness style gradually ev...Amazon
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1977 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

1977 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

1977 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe WarsTimothy FindleyIn 1915, Robert Ross, a young Canadian, enlists in the army as an officer. His experiences of life in a training camp, of the trenches in Europe, and with death are vividly told....Amazon
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