 Findley's third novel, "The Wars", was published to great acclaim in 1977 and went on to win the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.It was adapted for film in 1981.Timothy Findley received a Governor General's Award, the Canadian Authors Association Award, an ACTRA Award, the Order of Ontario, the Ontario Trillium Award, and in 1985 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.