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Happy 75th birthday!

It's a big year for the Governor General's Literary Awards—they turn 75 in 2011! Since 1936, the prestigious prizes have been recognizing the best Canadian authors, illustrators and translators. Administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, the annual awards honour books in both official languages in seven categories: fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, drama, children's literature (text), children's literature (illustration) and translation (from French to English). Find out who this year's deserving winners are at CBC (www) and at Canada Council for the Arts (www).