Each winner of the 1973
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields.
The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...
s for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the
Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts (), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It is Canada's public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the study a ...
. The winners were given a $2500 cash prize.
Winners
English Language
*Fiction:
Rudy Wiebe, ''The Temptations of Big Bear''.
*Poetry or Drama:
Miriam Mandel, ''Lions at her Face''.
*Non-Fiction:
Michael Bell, ''Painters in a New Land''.
French Language
*Fiction:
Réjean Ducharme
Réjean Ducharme (August 12, 1941 – August 21, 2017) was a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright who resided in Montreal. He was known for his reclusive personality and did not appear at any public functions since his first successful bo ...
, ''L'Hiver de force''.
*Poetry or Drama:
Roland Giguère, ''La Main au Feu''.
*Non-Fiction:
Albert Faucher, ''Québec en Amérique au 19eme Siècle''.
References
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Governor General's Awards
Governor General's Awards
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields.
The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...
1973 literary awards