Each winner of the 1979 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The 1979 awards were the first for which a shortlist of finalists was released a month before the presentation of the awards.
English
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction |  Jack Hodgins, The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne[1]
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| Non-fiction | Maria Tippett, Emily Carr[1]
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| Poetry or drama | Michael Ondaatje, There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do[1]
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French
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Fiction | Marie-Claire Blais, Le Sourd dans la ville[1]
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| Non-fiction | Dominique Clift and Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, Le fait anglais au Québec[1]
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| Poetry or drama | Robert Melançon, Peinture aveugle[1]
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References
- ^ a b c d e f Adachi, Ken (April 21, 1980). "B.C. writer Hodgins wins top fiction prize". Toronto Star. p. 14. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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