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First Gold Medal of
journal Radiomonde, Montréal (1939)
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Grand Prize of the
Société des Auteurs dramatiques de Montréal (1949)
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Tit-Coq
received the Film of the Year Award from the Canadian Film Awards (1953)
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Grand Prix de
Théâtre Victor-Morin (1957)
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Medal of the Order
of Canada for exceptional services rendered to the Nation (1957)
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Member of the Royal
society of Canada (1958)
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A committee
appointed by the Canadian Centennial Library, under the chairmanship of the
Right Honourable Vincent Massey, named Mr. Gélinas one of the twenty-five
great Canadians whose achievements stand out above all others in the century
since Confederation (1966)
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Special award from
the Concert Society of the Perez Jewish People's Schools for (his)
outstanding contribution to the Canadian theatre (1967)
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Chevalier of
l’Ordre National du Québec (1985)
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Honorary Diploma
from the Canadian Conference of the Arts (1985)
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Great Montrealer
of the year (6th gala, 1989)
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Companion of the
Order of Canada (1990)
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Prix d'excellence
of journal La Presse (1990)
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Chevalier of
l'ordre de la Pléiade de l'Association internationale des parlementaires de
langue française (1994)
