Each winner of the 1969 Governor General's Awards 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 ...

Winners

English Language

*Fiction:

Robert Kroetsch Robert Paul Kroetsch (June 26, 1927 – June 21, 2011)

, ''The Studhorse Man'' *Poetry or Drama:

George Bowering George Harry Bowering, (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Life and career Bowering was born in Penticton, British Columbia, and rai ...

, ''Rocky Mountain Foot'' and ''The Gangs of Kosmos'' *Poetry or Drama:

Gwendolyn MacEwen Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen (1 September 1941 – 29 November 1987) was a Canadian poetry, Canadian poet and novelist.''

French Language

*Fiction: Louise Maheux-Forcier, ' *Poetry or Drama:

Jean-Guy Pilon Jean-Guy Pilon, (12 November 1930 – 27 April 2021 *Non-Fiction:

Michel Brunet Michel Brunet may refer to: * Michel Brunet (historian) (1917–1985), Canadian historian * Michel Brunet (paleontologist) Michel Brunet (born April 6, 1940) is a French paleontologist and a professor at the Collège de France between 2008 and 20 ...

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References

{{GovernorGeneralsAwards 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 ...