1. Winners
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Each winner of the 1968 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The year was marked by controversy as both Leonard Cohen and Hubert Aquin refused to accept their awards.

Winners

English Language

• Fiction: Alice Munro, Dance of the Happy Shades.
• Poetry or Drama: Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems 1956-68.
• Non-Fiction: Mordecai Richler, Cocksure and Hunting Tigers Under Glass.

French Language

• Fiction: Hubert Aquin, Trou de mémoire.
• Fiction: Marie-Claire Blais, Manuscrits de Pauline Archange.
• Non-Fiction: Fernand Dumont, Le lieu de l'homme.

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• Rural life
• Rural Life Centre, Tilford
• Rural life in the People's Republic of China
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• Rural migration
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• Rural municipalities
• Rural Municipality of Abernethy No. 186
• Rural Municipality of Albert
• Rural Municipality of Alexander
• Rural Municipality of Antelope Park No. 322
• Rural Municipality of Antler No. 61
• Rural Municipality of Arborfield No. 456
• Rural Municipality of Argyle No. 1