1971 Governor General's Awards
{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
Each winner of the 1971 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The winners were given a $2500 cash prize.{{Cite news |date=March 22, 1972 |title=Five Quebec writers win Governor-General's Awards |pages=19 |work=The Montreal Gazette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ExQyAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Governor+General%27s+Awards%22&pg=PA19&article_id=3178,2627378 |access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Winners
=English Language=
- Fiction: Mordecai Richler, St. Urbain's Horseman.
- Poetry or Drama: John Glassco, Selected Poems.
- Non-Fiction: Pierre Berton, The Last Spike.
=French Language=
- Fiction: Gérard Bessette, Le cycle.
- Poetry or Drama: Paul-Marie Lapointe, Le Réel Absolu.
- Non-Fiction: Gérald Fortin, La Fin d'une Règine.
References
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