The Governor General's Award for French-language poetry or drama was a Canadian literary award that annually recognized one Canadian writer for a work of poetry or drama published in French. It was one of the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit from 1959 to 1980, after which it was divided into the award for French-language poetry and award for French-language drama. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
The program was created and inaugurated in 1937, for 1936 publications in two categories, conventionally called the 1936 awards. French-language works were first recognized by the 1959 Governor General's Awards.
1950s YearAuthorTitle 1959 Félix-Antoine Savard
1960s YearAuthorTitle 1960 Anne Hébert 1961 No award presented 1962 Jacques Languirand 1963 Gatien Lapointe 1964 Pierre Perrault 1965 Gilles Vigneault 1966 Réjean Ducharme 1967 Françoise Loranger 1968 No award presented 1969 Jean-Guy Pilon
1970s YearAuthorTitle 1970 Jacques Brault 1971 Paul-Marie Lapointe 1972 Gilles Hénault John Newlove Lies 1973 Roland Giguère 1974 Nicole Brossard 1975 Pierre Perrault 1976 Alphonse Piché 1977 Michel Garneau 1978 Gilbert Langevin 1979 Robert Melançon
1980s YearAuthorTitle 1980 Michel van Schendel See Governor General's Award for French-language poetry and Governor General's Award for French-language drama for 1981 and after.
References "Governor General's Literary Awards" [table of winners, 1936–1999]. online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-18.