1978 Governor General's Awards

Template:Short description Each winner of the 1978 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.

English language

• Fiction: Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are?<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>
• Poetry or Drama: Patrick Lane, Poems New and Selected.<ref name=":0" />
• Non-Fiction: Roger Caron, Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars.<ref name=":0" />

French language

• Fiction: Jacques Poulin, Les grandes marées.<ref name=":0" />
• Poetry or Drama: Gilbert Langevin, Mon refuge est un volcan.<ref name=":0" />
• Non-Fiction: François-Marc Gagnon, Paul-Emile Borduas : Biographie critique et analyse de l'oeuvre.<ref name=":0" />