Lorne Pierce Medal

The Lorne Pierce Medal is awarded every two years by the Royal Society of Canada to recognize achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French. The medal was first awarded in 1926.

The award itself consists of a gold-plated silver medal and is awarded every two years if there is a suitable candidate.

The award bears the name of Lorne Pierce, FRSC (1890–1961), who was editor of Ryerson Press for forty years, contributing greatly to the development and appreciation of Canadian literature, and who originally established the award.

Recipients

 * 1926: Charles G.D. Roberts
 * 1927: Duncan Campbell Scott, FRSC
 * 1928: Bliss Carman
 * 1929: Camille Roy, FRSC
 * 1930: Sir Andrew Macphail, FRSC
 * 1932: Archibald MacMechan, FRSC
 * 1934: Frederick Philip Grove
 * 1935: Édouard Montpetit, MSRC
 * 1936: Pelham Edgar, FRSC
 * 1937: Stephen Leacock, FRSC
 * 1938: Mazo de la Roche
 * 1939: Wilfrid Bovey, FRSC
 * 1940: E.J. Pratt, FRSC
 * 1941: Léon Gérin, MSRC
 * 1942: Watson Kirkconnell, FRSC
 * 1943: George H. Clarke, FRSC
 * 1944: Audrey Alexandra Brown
 * 1945: Félix-Antoine Savard, MSRC
 * 1946: Charles N. Cochrane, FRSC
 * 1947: Dorothy Livesay
 * 1948: Gabrielle Roy, MSRC
 * 1949: John Murray Gibbon, FRSC
 * 1950: Marius Barbeau, FRSC
 * 1951: E.K. Brown
 * 1952: Hugh MacLennan, MSRC
 * 1953: Earle Birney, FRSC
 * 1954: Alain Grandbois
 * 1955: Bruce Hutchison, FRSC
 * 1956: Thomas H. Raddall, FRSC
 * 1957: A.M. Klein
 * 1958: Northrop Frye
 * 1959: Philippe Panneton
 * 1960: Morley Callaghan
 * 1961: Robertson Davies, FRSC
 * 1962: F.R. Scott, FRSC
 * 1963: Léo-Paul Desrosiers, MSRC
 * 1964: Ethel Wilson
 * 1966: A.J.M. Smith
 * 1968: Robert Duer Clayton Finch, FRSC
 * 1970: Roy Daniells, FRSC
 * 1972: Desmond Pacey
 * 1974: Rina Lasnier, MSRC
 * 1976: Douglas LePan, FRSC
 * 1978: Carl F. Klinck, FRSC
 * 1980: Antonine Maillet, MSRC
 * 1982: Malcolm M. Ross, FRSC
 * 1984: Sheila Watson
 * 1986: Rudy Wiebe
 * 1989: Maurice Lemire, MSRC
 * 1991: Gilles Marcotte
 * 1993: Alice Munro
 * 1996: Clément Moisan, FRSC
 * 1998: David Staines
 * 2000: Jean-Louis Major, MSRC
 * 2002: Sandra Djwa, FRSC
 * 2004: W.H. New, FRSC