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Matt Cohen Award

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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
  • 2010 - Myrna Kostash
  • 2011 - David Adams Richards
  • 2012 - Jean Little
  • 2013 - Andrew Nikiforuk
  • 2014 - Susan Musgrave
  • 2015 - Richard Wagamese
  • 2016 - Brian Brett
  • References

    Matt Cohen Award Wikipedia