1960 Governor General's Awards
Encyclopedia
Each winner of the 1960 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts
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, The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Poetry or Drama: Margaret Avison
, Winter Sun
Non-Fiction: Frank H. Underhill, In Search of Canadian Liberalism
, Poèmes
Non-Fiction: Paul Toupin, Souvenirs pour demain
Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
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English Language
Fiction: Brian MooreBrian Moore (novelist)
Brian Moore was a Northern Irish novelist and screenwriter who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland after the Second World War, in particular his explorations of the inter-communal divisions of The...
, The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Poetry or Drama: Margaret Avison
Margaret Avison
Margaret Avison, OC was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. "Her work has often been praised for the beauty of its language and images."-Life:...
, Winter Sun
Non-Fiction: Frank H. Underhill, In Search of Canadian Liberalism
French Language
Poetry or Drama: Anne HébertAnne Hébert
Anne Hébert, CC, OQ , was a Canadian author and poet. She is a descendant of famed French-Canadian historian Francois-Xavier Garneau, "and has carried on the family literary tradition spectacularly."...
, Poèmes
Non-Fiction: Paul Toupin, Souvenirs pour demain