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GG Literary Award Photographs

The Governor Generals’ Literary Awards photographic collection numbers over 50 vintage photographs of winning authors. All of the photographs have a relationship to the awards. I attempted to locate and purchase original author’s portraits which were used for promoting their winning title and/or was used on the dust jacket. Here is a sampling of some of the images in the collection.

Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan)
Governor General of Canada 1935 – 1940
Offical Government Portrait in Silver Frame
Dimensions: 8  x 10 inches
Photo credit: Yousuf Karsh
Signed by Tweedsmuir and Karsh

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Graham, Gwethalyn
Author of Earth and High Heaven
Date: October 11, 1944
Photo credit: N/A
Dimensions:  7 x 9 inches
Graham, Gwethalyn
Author of Earth and High Heaven
Date: September 13, 1944
Photo credit: Leja Gorska
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches
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Lowry, Malcolm
Author of Hear us O Lord from heaven thy dwelling place
Dated: December 5, 1946
Photo credit: N/A
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches
 
Roy, Gabrielle
Author of The Tin Flute
Date: February 14, 1947
Photo credit: Annette & Basil Zarov, Montreal
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches
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Shapiro, Lionel
Author of The Sixth of June
Date: June 12, 1947
Photo credit: N/A
Dimensions: 8 x 10 inches
Gouzenko, Igor
Author of The Fall of a Titan
Interview with Bob Considine
Date: October 17, 1954
Photo credit: N/A
Dimensions: 9 x 7 inches
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Shapiro, Lionel
Author of The Sixth of June
Date: November 16, 1955
Photo credit: N/A
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
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Callaghan, Morley
Author of The Loved and the Lost
Date: July 6, 1964
Photo credit: N/A
Dimensions: 4 x 6 1/4 inches
Richler, Mordecai
Author of St. Urbain’s Horseman
Weidenfeld & Nicholson Publicity Department
Date: September 5, 1971
Photo credit: Mark Gerson
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches
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Davies, Robertson
Author of The Manticore
Date: November 20, 1972
Photo credit: Paterson
Dimensions: 5 x 8 inches


Rooke, Leone
Author of Shakespear’s Dog
Date: May 20, 1983
Photo credit: Geoff Hancock
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/2 inches

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Gallant, Mavis
Author of Home Truths
Date: April 19, 1985
Photo credit: Geoff Hancock
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/4 inches

Atwood, Margaret
Author of The Handmaid’s Tale
Autographing copies of The Handmaid’s Tale at Elliott Bay Bookstore
Date: March 14, 1986
Photo credit: Roy Scully (Seattle Times)
Dimensions: 10 x 8 inches
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Atwood, Margaret
Author of The Handmaid’s Tale
Date: March 16, 1986
Photo credit: Jerry Bauer
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 4 inches
Ricci, Nino
Author of Lives of the Saints
Date: N/A
Photo credit: Rafy Photography
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches
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Munro, Alice
Author of The Progress of Love
Date: October 14, 1990
Photo credit: N/A
Dimensions: 4 x 5 inches

Ondaatje, Michael
Author of The English Patient
Date: N/A
Photo credit: Richard Watts
Dimensions: 12 x 8 inches

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Ondaatje, Michael
Author of The Englsih Patient
Date: September 1992
Photo credit: Ronn Ronck
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches

DeWitt, Patrick
Author of The Sisters Brothers
Date: September 18, 2012
Photo credit: Danny Palmerlee
Dimensions: 8 x 10 inches

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Henstra, Sarah
Author of The Red Word
Date: N/A
Photo credit: Paola Scattolon
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches