The Matt Cohen Award is an award given annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian writer, in honour of a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature. First presented in 2000, it was established in memory of Matt Cohen, a Canadian writer who died in 1999.
Winners
edit- 2000 - Mavis Gallant
- 2001 - Norman Levine
- 2002 - Fred Bodsworth
- 2003 - Audrey Thomas
- 2004 - Howard Engel
- 2005 - Janet Lunn
- 2006 - Marie-Claire Blais
- 2007 - David Helwig
- 2008 - Sylvia Fraser
- 2009 - Paul Quarrington[1]
- 2010 - Myrna Kostash
- 2011 - David Adams Richards[2]
- 2012 - Jean Little
- 2013 - Andrew Nikiforuk
- 2014 - Susan Musgrave[3]
- 2015 - Richard Wagamese[4]
- 2016 - Brian Brett[5]
- 2017 - Diane Schoemperlen[6]
- 2018 - David Bergen[7]
- 2019 - Olive Senior[8]
- 2020 - Dennis Lee[9]
- 2021 - Frances Itani[10]
- 2022 - Candace Savage[11]
- 2023 - Helen Humphreys[12]
- 2024 - Marie Clements[13]
References
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- ^ Medley, Mark (2015-11-04). "André Alexis wins Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07.
- ^ "Rogers Writers' Trust: Celebrating the 2016 winners". Maclean's. 2016-11-04. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20.
- ^ "David Chariandy, Billie Livingston, and Diane Schoemperlen among the winners at the 2017 Writers' Trust awards". Quill & Quire. 2017-11-15. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28.
- ^ "Books inspired by the authors' parents win the top Writers' Trust Awards". Toronto Star. 2018-11-07. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Andre Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills are big winners at Writers' Trust Awards". Toronto Star. 2019-11-05. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06.
- ^ "Writers' Trust Announces $100,000 of Career Literary Prizes, including Matt Cohen Award for CanLit Icon Dennis Lee". Open-Book.ca. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ "Katherena Vermette, Tomson Highway and Cherie Dimaline among winners at 2021 Writers' Trust Awards". CBC News. 2021-11-03. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03.
- ^ "Writers' Trust book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes". Toronto Star. 2022-11-02. Archived from the original on 2022-11-16.
- ^ Nicole Thompson, "Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel". Toronto Star, November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners". CBC Books, November 19, 2017.