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1968 Governor General's Awards

Each winner of the 1968 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The year was marked by controversy as both Leonard Cohen and Hubert Aquin refused to accept their awards.

English Language

Fiction: Alice Munro, Dance of the Happy Shades

Poetry or Drama: Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems 1956-68

Non-Fiction: Mordecai Richler, Cocksure and Hunting Tigers Under Glass

French Language

Fiction: Hubert Aquin, Trou de mémoire

Fiction: Marie-Claire Blais, Manuscrits de Pauline Archange

Non-Fiction: Fernand Dumont , Le lieu de l'homme

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