Governor General’s Literary Award

1972 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerCivil Elegies and Other PoemsDennis LeeCivil Elegies is Dennis Lees uncompromising exploration of citizenship, both Canadian and human. Eli Mandel has called Civil Elegies one of the most important contemporary books of poetry in our country. It was the winner of the Governor Generals Literar...AmazonLiesJohn Newlove...Amazon

1971 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerSelected PoemsJohn Glassco...Amazon

1970 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerBeach HeadNichol...AmazonStill WaterNichol...AmazonThe cosmic chef: an evening of concreteNichol...AmazonThe True Eventual Story of Billy The KidNichol...AmazonThe Collected Works of Billy the KidMichael OndaatjeDrawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels, and his own prodigious fund of empathy and imagination, Michael Ondaatjes visionary novel traces the legendary outlaws passage across the blasted landscape of 1880 New Mexico and the coll...Amazon

1969 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerRocky Mountain Foot and The Gangs of KosmosGeorge Bowering...AmazonThe Shadow-MakerGwendolyn MacEwenThere is no doubt Rosemary Sullivan is a biographer of extraordinary talent. Her first biography, By Heart: Elizabeth Smart: A Life was a bestseller and nominated for a Governor Generals Award. Her third biography, The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood, Starting...Amazon

1968 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerSelected Poems 1956-68**Leonard CohenTo mark the publication of Leonard Cohens final book, The Flame, McClelland & Stewart is proud to reissue six beautiful editions of Cohens cherished early works of poetry, many of which are back in print for the first time in decades. A freshly packaged ...Amazon