User:Themightyquill/Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction

Recipients

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Year Title Author Publisher Language
1936 Think of The Earth Bertram Brooker Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) English
1937 The Dark Weaver Laura G. Salverson The Ryerson Press English
1938 Swiss Sonata Gwethalyn Graham Jonathan Cape and Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) English
1939 The Champlain Road Franklin D. McDowell Macmillan Co. of Canada English
1940 Thirty Acres (translation) Ringuet (pseud.) Macmillan Co. of Canada English
1941 Three Came to Ville Marie Alan Sullivan Oxford University Press English
1942 Little Man G. Herbert Sallans The Ryerson Press English
1943 The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek Thomas H. Raddall William Blackwood & Son and McClelland and Stewart English
1944 Earth and High Heaven Gwethalyn Graham Jonathan Cape and Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) English
1945 Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada English
1946 Continental Revue Winifred Bambrick Faber and Faber and The Ryerson Press Language
1947 The Tin Flute (translation) Gabrielle Roy Reynal & Hitchcock Co. and McClelland and Stewart English
1948 The Precipice Hugh MacLennan Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Canada English
1949 Mr. Ames Against Time Philip Child The Ryerson Press English
1950 The Outlander (translation) Germaine Guèvremont McGraw-Hill Co. of Canada English
1951 The Loved and the Lost Morley Callaghan Macmillan Co. of Canada English
1952 The Pillar David Walker Collins Clear-Type Press and Houghton Mifflin English
1953 Digby David Walker Collins Clear-Type Press English
1954 The Fall of a Titan Igor Gouzenko Cassell & Co. English
1955 The Sixth of June Lionel Shapiro Doubleday & Co. English
1956 The Sacrifice Adele Wiseman Macmillan Co. of Canada English
1957 Street of Riches (translation) Gabrielle Roy McClelland and Stewart English
1958 Execution Colin McDougall Macmillan Co. of Canada English
1959 The Watch that Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan Macmillan Co. of Canada English
1959 Malgré tout, la joie André Giroux Institut Littéraire du Québec French
1960 The Luck of Ginger Coffey Brian Moore Little, Brown & Co. English
1961 Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place Malcolm Lowry J.B. Lippincott Co. and Longmans, Green English
1961 Ashini Yves Thériault Éditions Fides French
1962 Running to Paradise Kildare Dobbs Oxford University Press English
1962 Contes du pays incertain Jacques Ferron Éditions d'Orphée French
1963 Hugh Garner's Best Stories Hugh Garner The Ryerson Press English
1964 The Deserter Douglas LePan McClelland and Stewart English
1964 Les terres sèches Jean-Paul Pinsonneault Librairie Beauchemin French
1965 L'incubation Gérard Bessette Librairie Déom French
1966 A Jest of God Margaret Laurence McClelland and Stewart Language
1966 L'avalée des avalés Réjean Ducharme Gallimard Language
1966 La joue droite Claire Martin Cercle du Livre de France Language
1967 Salut Galarneau Jacques Godbout Éditions du Seuil Language
1968 Dance of the Happy Shades Alice Munro The Ryerson Press Language
1968 Cocksure Mordecai Richler McClelland and Stewart Language
1968 Trou de mémoire Hubert Aquin (declined) Éditions du Jour Language
1968 Manuscrits de Pauline Archange Marie-Claire Blais Éditions du Jour Language
1969 The Studhorse Man Robert Kroetsch Macmillan Co. of Canada Language
1969 Une forêt pour Zoé Louise Maheux-Forcier Cercle du Livre de France Language
1970 The New Ancestors Dave Godfrey New Press Language
1970 La femme de Loth Monique Bosco Éditions HMH Language
1971 St. Urbain's Horseman Mordecai Richler McClelland and Stewart Language
1971 Le cycle Gérard Bessette Éditions du Jour Language
1972 The Manticore Robertson Davies Macmillan Co. of Canada Language
1972 Don l'Orignal Antonine Maillet Leméac Language
1973 The Temptations of Big Bear Rudy Wiebe McClelland and Stewart Language
1973 L'hiver de force Réjean Ducharme Gallimard Language
1974 The Diviners Margaret Laurence McClelland and Stewart Language
1974 Don Quichotte de la démanche Victor-Levy Beaulieu L'Aurore Language
1975 The Great Victorian Collection Brian Moore McClelland and Stewart Language
1975 Les enfants du sabbat Anne Hébert Seuil Language
1976 Bear Marian Engel McClelland and Stewart Language
1976 Les rescapés André Major Éditions Quinze Language
1977 The Wars Timothy Findley Clarke, Irwin Language
1977 Ces enfants de ma vie Gabrielle Roy Stanké Language
1978 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro Macmillan Co. of Canada Language
1978 Les grandes marées Jacques Poulin Leméac Language
1979 The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne Jack Hodgins Macmillan Co. of Canada Language
1979 Le sourd dans la ville Marie-Claire Blais Stanké Language
1980 Burning Water George Bowering Musson/General Language
1980 La première personne Pierre Turgeon Quinze Language
1981 Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories Mavis Gallant Macmillan-Gage Language
1981 La province lunaire Denys Chabot Hurtubise HMH Language
1982 Man Descending Guy Vanderhaeghe Macmillan of Canada Language
1982 Le cercle des arènes Roger Fournier Albin Michel Language
1983 Shakespeare's Dog Leon Rooke Stoddart Language
1983 Laura Laur Suzanne Jacob Éditions du Seuil Language
1984 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Skvorecky Lester & Orpen Dennys Language
1984 Agonie Jacques Brault Éditions du Sentier Language
1985 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood McClelland & Stewart Language
1985 Lucie ou un midi en novembre Fernand Ouellette Boréal Express Language
1986 The Progress of Love Alice Munro McClelland & Stewart Language
1986 Les silences du corbeau Yvon Rivard Éditions du Boréal Language
1987 A Dream Like Mine M.T. Kelly Stoddart Language
1987 L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions Gilles Archambault Éditions du Boréal Language
1988 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards McClelland & Stewart Language
1988 Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur Jacques Folch-Ribas Éditions Robert Laffont Language
1989 Whale Music Paul Quarrington Doubleday Canada Language
1989 La Rage Louis Hamelin Éditions Québec/Amérique Language
1990 Lives of the Saints Nino Ricci Cormorant Books Language
1990 La Mauvaise foi Gérald Tougas Éditions Québec/Amérique Language
1991 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry McClelland & Stewart Language
1991 La croix du Nord André Brochu XYZ Éditeur Language
1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje McClelland & Stewart Language
1992 L'enfant chargé de songes Anne Hébert Éditions du Seuil Language
1993 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields Random House of Canada Language
1993 Cantique des plaines Nancy Huston Leméac Éditeur Language
1994 A Discovery of Strangers Rudy Wiebe Alfred A. Knopf Canada Language
1994 Le petit aigle à tête blanche Robert Lalonde Éditions du Seuil Language
1995 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead Somerville House Publishing: A Patrick Crean Book Language
1995 Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse Nicole Houde Éditions de la Pleine Lune Language
1996 The Englishman's Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe McClelland & Stewart Language
1996 Soifs Marie-Claire Blais Éditions du Boréal Language
1997 The Underpainter Jane Urquhart McClelland & Stewart Language
1997 Cet imperceptible mouvement Aude XYZ Éditeur Language
1998 Forms of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen A Phyllis Bruce Book/HarperCollins Language
1998 La Terre ferme Christiane Frenette Éditions du Boréal Language
1999 Elizabeth and After Matt Cohen Alfred A. Knopf Canada Language
1999 La Danse juive Lise Tremblay Leméac Éditeur Language
2000 Anil's Ghost Michael Ondaatje McClelland & Stewart Language
2000 Un vent se lève qui éparpille Jean Marc Dalpé Éditions Prise de parole Language
2001 Clara Callan Richard B. Wright Harper Flamingo Canada: A Phyllis Bruce Book Author Publisher Language
2001 Le ravissement Andrée A. Michaud 2x Les éditions de L'instant même Author Publisher Language
2002 A Song for Nettie Johnson Gloria Sawai Coteau Books Author Publisher Language
2002 La Gloire de Cassiodore Monique LaRue Les Éditions du Boréal Author Publisher Language
2003 Elle Douglas Glover Goose Lane Editions Author Publisher Language
2003 La maison étrangère Élise Turcotte 2x Leméac Éditeur Author Publisher Language
2004 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews Alfred A. Knopf Canada Author Publisher Language
2004 Le cercle parfait Pascale Quiviger Les éditions de L’instant même Author Publisher Language
2005 A Perfect Night to Go to China David Gilmour Thomas Allen Publishers, a division of Thomas Allen & Son Author Publisher Language
2005 Hotaru Aki Shimazaki Leméac Éditeur / Actes Sud Author Publisher Language
2006 The Law of Dreams Peter Behrens House of Anansi Press Author Publisher Language
2006 La rivière du loup Andrée Laberge XYZ éditeur Author Publisher Language
2007 Divisadero Michael Ondaatje 5x McClelland & Stewart Author Publisher Language
2007 La mer de la Tranquillité Sylvain Trudel Les Éditions Les Allusifs Author Publisher Language
2008 The Origin of Species Nino Ricci 2x Doubleday Canada Author Publisher Language
2008 Naissance de Rebecca à l’ère des tourments Marie-Claire Blais 4x Les Éditions du Boréal Author Publisher Language
2009 The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger McArthur & Company Author Publisher Language
2009 Le discours sur la tombe de l’idiot Julie Mazzieri Éditions José Corti Author Publisher Language
2010 Cool Water Dianne Warren Phyllis Bruce Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Author Publisher Language
2010 Ru Kim Thúy Éditions Libre Expression, Groupe Librex Author Publisher Language
2011 The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt House of Anansi Press Author Publisher Language
2011 L’homme blanc Perrine Leblanc Le Quartanier Author Publisher Language
2012 The Purchase Linda Spalding McClelland & Stewart, a division of Random House of Canada Author Publisher Language
2012 Pour sûr France Daigle Éditions du Boréal Author Publisher Language
2013 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton McClelland & Stewart, a division of Random House of Canada Author Publisher Language
2013 Quand les guêpes se taisent Stéphanie Pelletier Leméac Éditeur Author Publisher Language
2014 The Back of the Turtle Thomas King HarperCollins Publishers Author Publisher Language
2014 Bondrée Andrée A. Michaud 2x Éditions Québec Amérique Author Publisher Language
2015 Daddy Lenin and Other Stories Guy Vanderhaeghe 3x McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada Author Publisher Language
2015 Six degrés de liberté Nicolas Dickner Éditions Alto Author Publisher Language
2016 Do Not Say We Have Nothing Madeleine Thien Alfred A. Knopf Canada / Penguin Random House Canada Author Publisher Language
2016 Au péril de la mer Dominique Fortier 3x Éditions Alto Author Publisher Language
2017 We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night Joel Thomas Hynes HarperCollins Publishers Author Publisher Language
2017 Le poids de la neige Christian Guay-Poliquin La Peuplade Author Publisher Language
2018 The Red Word Sarah Henstra ECW Press Author Publisher Language
2018 De synthèse Karoline Georges Éditions Alto Author Publisher Language
  • 1 tie?
  • 1 winner in two languages

Up to 1959, only English books were eligible. French authors could receive the award if their work had been translated and published in English.

    • Award declined by recipient.

There were no finalists prior to 1979. Categories have changed over time.

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