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]
• 2024 - Marie Clements^[13]

References

1. "Quarrington wins $20,000 Matt Cohen Award". cbc.ca, October 19, 2009.
2. Barber, John (2011-11-01). "Patrick deWitt's 'The Sisters Brothers' wins Writers' Trust Prize". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2012-01-02.
3. "Miriam Toews wins $25,000 Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Toronto Star. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05.
4. 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.
5. "Rogers Writers' Trust: Celebrating the 2016 winners". Maclean's. 2016-11-04. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "Writers' Trust book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes". Toronto Star. 2022-11-02. Archived from the original on 2022-11-16.
12. Nicole Thompson, "Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel". Toronto Star, November 21, 2023.
13. "Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners". CBC Books, November 19, 2017.

External links

• Matt Cohen Award