Matt Cohen Prize
The Matt Cohen Award (English Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life ) is a $ 25,000 Canadian literary award that has been awarded annually since 2000 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the Canadian writer Matt Cohen ( 1942–1999) is awarded for the life's work of a Canadian writer. The award-winning work can be in French or English and include both poetry and prose, including non-fiction .
Award 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
- 2017: Diane Schoemperlen
- 2018: David Bergen
- 2019: Olive Senior
Web links
- Matt Cohen Award (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ About the Prize (Engl.)