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, Paul-Emile Borduas : Biographie critique et analyse de l'oeuvre.
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