Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama

This is a list of the winners of the Governor General's Award for French language poetry or drama. This award was created in 1959 alongside the other French language awards, and existed until 1980, when it was split into the separate poetry award and drama award.

Winners

*1959 – Félix-Antoine Savard, "Le barachois"
*1960 – Anne Hébert, "Poèmes"
*1961 – (none)
*1962 – Jacques Languirand, "Les insolites et les violons de l'automne"
*1963 – Gatien Lapointe, "Ode au Saint-Laurent"
*1964 – Pierre Perrault, "Au coeur de la rose"
*1965 – Gilles Vigneault, "Quand les bateaux s'en vont"
*1966 – Réjean Ducharme, "L'avalée des avalés"
*1967 – Françoise Loranger, "Encore cinq minutes"
*1968 – "(Leonard Cohen, refused)"
*1969 – Jean-Guy Pilon, "Comme eau retenue"
*1970 – Jacques Brault, "Quand nous serons heureux"
*1971 – Paul-Marie Lapointe, "Le réel absolu"
*1972 – Gilles Hénault, "Signaux pour les voyants"
*1973 – Roland Giguère, "La main au feu"
*1974 – Nicole Brossard, "Mécanique jongleuse suivi de Masculin grammaticale"
*1975 – Pierre Perrault, "Chouennes"
*1976 – Alphonse Piché, "Poèmes 1946-1968"
*1977 – Michel Garneau, "Les célébrations et Adidou Adidouce"
*1978 – Gilbert Langevin, "Mon refuge est un volcan"
*1979 – Robert Mélançon, "Peinture aveugle"
*1980 – Michel Van Schendel, "De l'oeil et de l'écoute"