| Awards
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|
| 2002 |
Shortlisted for the 2002 International IMPAC
Dublin Literary Award, The Blind Assassin |
| 2001 |
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize,
The Blind Assassin
International Association of Crime
Writers’ Dashiell Hammett Award, The Blind Assassin
Inducted to Canada’s Walk of
Fame
Canadian Booksellers Association Libris
Award, People’s Choice, The Blind Assassin |
| 2000 |
The Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin,
2000
Best Local Author, NOW Magazine Readers’ Poll |
| 1999 |
London Literature Award
Best Local Author, NOW Magazine Readers’ Poll |
| 1997 |
National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature
Premio Mondello for Alias Grace
Best Local Author, NOW Magazine Readers' Poll
Salon Magazine Best Fiction of 1997 for
Alias Grace |
| 1996 |
Norwegian Order of Literary Merit
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Alias
Grace
Best Local Author, NOW
Magazine Readers' Poll
The Giller
Prize for Alias Grace
Canadian Booksellers Association Author
of the Year |
| 1995 |
Swedish Humour Association's International
Humourous Writer Award
Best Local
Author, NOW Magazine Readers' Poll
Trillium Award for Excellence in Ontario Writing, Morning in the
Burned House |
| 1994 |
Trillium Award for Excellence in Ontario Writing,
The Robber Bride
Commonwealth
Writers' Prize for Canadian and Caribbean Region, The Robber Bride
Government of France's Chevalier dans l'Ordre
des Arts et des Lettres
Sunday Times
Award for Literary Excellence, (London, U.K.) |
| 1993 |
Canadian Authors' Association Novel of the
Year, The Robber Bride |
| 1992 |
Trillium Award for Excellence in Ontario writing,
for Wilderness Tips
John Hughes
Prize, from the Welsh Development Board
Book of the Year Award from the Periodical Marketers of Canada, for
Wilderness Tips
Commemorative
Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation |
| 1990 |
Order of Ontario
Centennial Medal, Harvard University |
| 1989 |
Torgi Talking Book (CNIB), Cat's Eye
City of Toronto Book Award, Cat's Eye
Coles Book of the Year, Cat's Eye
Canadian Booksellers Association Author of the
Year, Cat's Eye
Foundation
for the Advancement of Canadian Letters in conjunction with the Periodical
Marketers of Canada Book of the Year, Cat'sEye
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize,
Cat's Eye, (England) |
| 1988 |
YWCA Women of Distinction Award
National Magazine Award for Environmental Journalism,
First Prize
American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, Foreign Honourary Member, Literature |
| 1987 |
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (England)
Shortlisted for the Ritz Hemingway
Prize (Paris)
Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction
Commonwealth Literary Prize,
Regional winner
Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Silver Medal, Best
Article
of the Year
Humanist of the Year Award
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
| 1986 |
Ida Nudel Humanitarian Award
Toronto Arts Award
Governor General's Award, The Handmaid's Tale
Los Angeles Times Fiction Award
Ms. Magazine, Woman of the Year |
| 1983 |
Periodical Distributors of Canada and the
Foundation for The Advancement of Canadian Letters Book of the Year
Award |
| 1982 |
Welsh Arts Council International Writer's
Prize |
| 1981 |
Molson Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Companion of
the Order of Canada |
| 1980 |
Radcliffe Graduate medal |
| 1978 |
St. Lawrence Award for Fiction |
| 1977 |
The City of Toronto Book Award
The Canadian Bookseller's Association Award
Periodical Distributors of Canada Short Fiction |
| 1974 |
The Bess Hoskins Prize, Poetry (Chicago) |
| 1969 |
Union Poetry Prize, Poetry (Chicago) |
| 1967 |
Centennial Commission Poetry
Competition, First |
| 1966 |
Governor General's Award, Circle Game |
| 1965 |
President's Medal, University of Western Ontario |
| 1961 |
E.J. Pratt Medal |
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| Honorary
Degrees |
| 2001 |
Cambridge University
Algoma University |
| 1998 |
Lakehead University
Oxford University |
| 1996 |
McMaster University |
| 1994 |
University of Leeds |
| 1991 |
Université de Montréal |
| 1987 |
Victoria College |
| 1985 |
University of Waterloo
University of Guelph
Mount Holyoke
College |
| 1983 |
University of Toronto |
| 1982 |
Smith College, Northampton, Mass. |
| 1980 |
D. Litt., Concordia |
| 1974 |
LL.D., Queen's University |
| 1973 |
D. Litt., Trent University |