Matt Cohen Award

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]
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]

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.