Awards and Recognition
- 1946 - La Médaille de l'académie des lettres du Québec
- 1947 - Prix Femina for Bonheur d'occasion (the Tin Flute)
- 1947 - Governor General's Award for Fiction for the Tin Flute
- 1947 - Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Peace Medal for the Tin Flute
- 1967 - Companion of the Order of Canada
- 1979 - Courte-Queue, book design and illustrations by François Olivier, was awarded the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize (translated by Alan Brown in 1980 as Cliptail).
- 2004 - On September 29, 2004, the Bank of Canada issued a $20 bank note which included a quotation from her 1961 book The Hidden Mountain (La Montagne secrète).
- 2007 - Children of My Heart was selected for the 2007 edition of Canada Reads
She won the Governor General's Award three times, the Prix David twice, the Prix Duvernay and the Molson Prize.
The National Library of Canada has preserved a collection of her materials covering the years 1940 to 1983, including manuscripts, typescripts, galleys of published and unpublished works such as La Rivière sans repos, Cet été qui chantait, Un jardin au bout du monde, Ces enfants de ma vie, and La Détresse et l'enchantement, as well as business and personal correspondence, business records, and memorabilia.
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