Margaret Laurence

Canadian · b. 1926

2 award wins

Award History

Award	Year	Book	Status
Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction	1974	The Diviners	Winner
Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction	1966	A Jest of God	Winner

Award-Winning Books

Winner
A Jest of God
Margaret LaurenceGovernor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction
Winner
The Diviners
Margaret LaurenceGovernor General's Literary Award for English-Language Fiction

About Margaret Laurence

Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), a renowned Canadian novelist and short story writer, is best known for her Manawaka cycle of novels including The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), and The Diviners (1974), which explore themes of women's self-realization and prairie life. University.