Awards & Winners

1981 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1981 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 1981 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Governor General's Award for English-language poetry

F. R. Scott

Honored for : Collected Poems of F.R. Scott
Governor General's Award for English-language drama

Sharon Pollock

Honored for : Blood relations and other plays
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

George Calef

Honored for : Caribou and the Barren-Lands
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Mavis Gallant

Honored for : Home Truths