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1978 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1978 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. English language *Fiction: Alice Munro, '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' *Poetry or Drama: Patrick Lane, ''Poems New and Selected''. *Non-Fiction: Roger Caron, '' Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars''. French language *Fiction: Jacques Poulin, ''Les grandes marées''. *Poetry or Drama: Gilbert Langevin, ''Mon refuge est un volcan''. *Non-Fiction: François-Marc Gagnon François-Marc Gagnon was a Canadian art historian and professor at Concordia University in Montreal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Canada. He is the author of three books published by the Art Can ..., ''Paul-Emile Borduas : Biographie critique et analyse de l'oeuvre''. {{GovernorGeneralsAwards Governor General's Awards Governor General's Awards 1978 literary awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction; he created the Governor General's Literary Award with two award categories. Successive governors general have followed suit, establishing an award for whichever endeavour they personally found important. Only Adrienne Clarkson created three Governor General's Awards: the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Governor General's Northern Medal, and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950). Governor General's Literary Awards Inaugurated in 1937 for 1936 publications in two categories, the Governor General's Literary Awards have become one of Canada's most prestigious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts (french: Conseil des arts du Canada), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It acts as the federal government's principal instrument for funding public arts, as well as for fostering and promoting the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. The Canada Council fulfills its mandate primarily through providing grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in dance, interdisciplinary art, media arts, music, opera, theatre, writing, publishing, and the visual arts. In addition, the Canada Council administers the Art Bank, which operates art rental programs and an exhibitions and outreach program. The Canada Council Art Bank holds the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art in the world. The Canada Council is also responsible for the secretariat for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the Public L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Munro
Alice Ann Munro (; ; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Munro's work has been described as revolutionizing the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move forward and backward in time. Her stories have been said to "embed more than announce, reveal more than parade." Munro's fiction is most often set in her native Huron County in southwestern Ontario. Her stories explore human complexities in an uncomplicated prose style. Munro's writing has established her as "one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction", or, as Cynthia Ozick put it, "our Chekhov." Munro has received many literary accolades, including the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature for her work as "master of the contemporary short story", and the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work. She is also a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and received the Writers' Trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Do You Think You Are? (book)
''Who Do You Think You Are?'' is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, published by Macmillan of Canada in 1978. It won the 1978 Governor General's Award for English Fiction, her second win of that prize. Outside of Canada, the book was published as ''The Beggar Maid''. Under that title, it was also nominated for the Booker Prize in 1980. The collection of short stories revolves around protagonist Rose. The collection has been labelled by some critics as a novel, as the same characters and similar themes recur throughout the book, but there is no formal cohesiveness in plot. Each story explores an idea, and is not bound by a particular time, place, setting, or narrative voice. Stories * "Royal Beatings" * "Privilege" * "Half a Grapefruit" * "Wild Swans" * "The Beggar Maid" * "Mischief" * "Providence" * "Simon's Luck" * "Spelling" * "Who Do You Think You Are?" Summary As suggested by the title, the theme of identity is centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Lane (poet)
Patrick Lane (March 26, 1939 – March 7, 2019) was a Canadian poet."Patrick Lane" '' The Canadian Encyclopedia'', February 10, 2008. He had written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and was the author of the novel ''Red Dog, Red Dog''. Biography Born in Nelson, British Columbia, he attended high school in Vernon and had no further formal education.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Caron
Roger "Mad Dog" Caron (April 12, 1938 – April 11, 2012) was a Canadian robber and the author of the influential prison memoir '' Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars'' (1978). At the time of publishing, Caron was 39 years old and had spent 23 years in prison. Early life Roger Caron was born in 1938, to extremely poor parents Donat and Yvonne in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. During his first weeks of infancy Caron could not keep food down and was constantly gasping for breath, which subsequently led to him being rushed to the local hospital on several occasions. Though no definitive diagnosis was given for his breathlessness, Caron grew up "very edgy about anything affecting isbreathing". He could not swim or hold his head under a shower for too long because of it. Caron was a quiet and secretive child who liked to keep to himself and pass the time by taking apart clocks. His sister Suzanne was born in 1939; younger brother Gaston followed in 1944. Caron's father Donat, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go-Boy!
''Go-Boy!'' ''Memoirs of a Life Behind Bars'' is an autobiography by Roger Caron, written while incarcerated at Collins Bay Institution, in which he chronicles two decades of crime and prison escapes. The book, includes a foreword by Canadian author Pierre Berton, and was published in Canada by McGraw-Hill Ryerson on hardcover in 1978. The paperback iteration includes an introduction by Canadian author Ron Corbett, which was released in 2003 by Hushion House Publishing. ''Go-Boy!'' won the 1978 Governor General's Literary Award for English-language non-fiction. Backstory "Go-Boy! Go-Boy!" is prison slang for a runner and chanted by other inmates as encouragement during an escape attempt. In his book, Caron gives a personal account of his life behind bars. Roger "Mad Dog" Caron, was a Canadian bank robber. For robbing 75 banks, he spent 24 years in jail, 12 of them in solitary confinement. He escaped prison on 13 different occasions. Synopsis The book is a gritty and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Poulin
Jacques Poulin (born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing. Poulin studied psychology and arts at the Université Laval in Quebec City; he started his career as commercial translator and later became a college guidance counselor. Only after the success of his second novel, ''Jimmy'' (1969), was he able to devote himself completely to his writing. Poulin has written fourteen novels, many of which have been translated into English by Sheila Fischman, and published by Cormorant Books. Poulin lived in Paris for 15 years, but now lives in Quebec City. Poulin's ''Volkswagen Blues'' was selected as a candidate in the CBC's 2005 edition of ''Canada Reads'', where it was championed by Roch Carrier, author and former National Librarian of Canada. Awards and recognition *Winner of the Governor General's Award in 1978 for ''Les grandes marées''. *Nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1984 for ''Volkswagen B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Langevin
Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters *Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South Australia) Kiribati * Gilbert Islands, a chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean United States * Gilbert, Arizona, a town * Gilbert, Arkansas, a town * Gilbert, Florida, the airport of Winterhaven * Gilbert, Iowa, a city * Gilbert, Louisiana, a village * Gilbert, Michigan, and unincorporated community * Gilbert, Minnesota, a city * Gilbert, Nevada, ghost town * Gilbert, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Gilbert, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Gilbert, South Carolina, a town * Gilbert, West Virginia, a town * Gilbert, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Mount Gilbert (other), various mountains * Gilbert River (Oregon) Outer space * Gilbert (lunar crater) * Gilbert (Martian crater) Arts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Marc Gagnon
François-Marc Gagnon was a Canadian art historian and professor at Concordia University in Montreal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Canada. He is the author of three books published by the Art Canada Institute Art Canada Institute is a bilingual, non-profit research organization based out of Massey College, at the University of Toronto. Through a variety of programs, such as the Massey Art Lecture Series and the Canadian Online Art Book Project, the Ins ...: Paul-Émile Borduas: Life & Work' (2014); Louis Nicolas: Life & Work' (2017); and Jean Paul Riopelle: Life & Work' (2019). References 1935 births Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Members of the Order of Canada Academic staff of Concordia University Canadian art historians French art historians 2019 deaths {{Quebec-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction; he created the Governor General's Literary Award with two award categories. Successive governors general have followed suit, establishing an award for whichever endeavour they personally found important. Only Adrienne Clarkson created three Governor General's Awards: the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Governor General's Northern Medal, and the Governor General's Medal in Architecture (though this was effectively a continuation of the Massey Medal, first established in 1950). Governor General's Literary Awards Inaugurated in 1937 for 1936 publications in two categories, the Governor General's Literary Awards have become one of Canada's most prestigious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Canada
Events from the year 1978 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government * Governor General – Jules Léger * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau * Chief Justice – Bora Laskin ( Ontario) * Parliament – 30th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen (until May 18) then Henry Pybus Bell-Irving * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Francis Lawrence Jobin * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter *Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse (until December 23) then John Elvin Shaffner * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon *Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett *Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe (until April 27) then Jean-Pierre Côté * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
