Ludger-Duvernay Prize

The Ludger-Duvernay Prize is a Quebec award created in 1944 and named in honour of journalist Ludger Duvernay. It is awarded by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal to recognize the merits of a person whose competence and influence in the literary field serve the best interests of Quebec. A laureate must be a native of Quebec and considered professional in the world of letters. The prize had been awarded every three years since 1991; it has not been awarded since 2015.

Prize winners

 * 1944 - Guy Frégault
 * 1945 - Germaine Guèvremont
 * 1946 - Robert Charbonneau
 * 1947 - Esdras Minville
 * 1948 - Félix-Antoine Savard
 * 1949 - Jean Bruchési
 * 1950 - Alain Grandbois
 * 1951 - Léo-Paul Desrosiers
 * 1952 - Lionel Groulx
 * 1953 - Robert de Roquebrune
 * 1954 - Robert Choquette
 * 1955 - Philippe Panneton
 * 1956 - Gabrielle Roy
 * 1957 - Rina Lasnier
 * 1958 - Anne Hébert
 * 1959 - Victor Barbeau


 * 1960 - Gérard Morisset
 * 1961 - François-Albert Angers
 * 1962 - Roger Duhamel
 * 1963 - Jean Simard
 * 1964 - Alfred Desrochers
 * 1966 - Marcel Trudel
 * 1967 - Robert Rumilly
 * 1968 - Pierre Perrault
 * 1969 - Luc Lacourcière
 * 1970 - Michel Brunet
 * 1971 - Pierre Vadeboncœur
 * 1972 - Jacques Ferron
 * 1973 - Jacques Godbout
 * 1974 - Marcel Rioux
 * 1975 - Robert-Lionel Séguin
 * 1976 - Jacques Brossard


 * 1977 - Gaston Miron
 * 1978 - Jacques Brault
 * 1979 - Michèle Lalonde
 * 1980 - Claude Jasmin
 * 1981 - Victor-Lévy Beaulieu
 * 1982 - Jean Éthier-Blais
 * 1984 - Louis Caron
 * 1987 - Gérald Godin
 * 1989 - Marie-Claire Blais
 * 1990 - Jacques Folch-Ribas
 * 1991 - Pierre Morency
 * 1994 - Fernand Ouellette
 * 1997 - Marie Laberge
 * 2011 - Yves Beauchemin
 * 2013 - Francine Ouellette
 * 2015 - Dany Laferrière