Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life
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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
- 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]
References
- ↑ "Quarrington wins $20,000 Matt Cohen Award". cbc.ca, October 19, 2009.
- ↑ "Patrick deWitt’s 'The Sisters Brothers' wins Writers’ Trust Prize". The Globe and Mail, November 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Miriam Toews wins $25,000 Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". Toronto Star, November 4, 2014.
- ↑ "André Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2015.
