title: 1977 Governor General's Awards
text: # 1977 Governor General's Awards
  
  Each winner of the 1977 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
  
  ## Winners
  
  ### English Language
  
  * Fiction: Timothy Findley, The Wars.
  * Poetry or Drama: D. G. Jones, Under the Thunder the Flowers Light Up the Earth.
  * Non-Fiction: Frank Scott, Essays on the Constitution.
  
  ### French Language
  
  * Fiction: Gabrielle Roy, Ces enfants de ma vie
  * Poetry or Drama: Michel Garneau, Les célébrations et Adidou Adidouce.
  * Non-Fiction: Denis Monière, Le développement des idéologies au Québec des origines à nos jours.
  