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==Awards and recognition== [[Image:Image-Québec, Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy2.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=|The central branch of the public library system of [[Quebec City]], the ''Bibliothèque Gabrielle Roy'']] * 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 [[Canadian twenty-dollar bill|$20 bank note]] in the [[Canadian Journey Series]] which included a quotation from her 1961 book ''[[The Hidden Mountain]]'' (''La Montagne secrète''), and its English translation by Harry Binsse.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/promo_art.pdf|title=The Art and Design of Canadian Bank Notes|publisher=Bank of Canada|date=6 December 2006|page=110|isbn=0660632462}}</ref> * 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 (now [[Library and Archives 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of her materials covering the years 1940 to 1983, including manuscripts, typescripts, galleys of published and unpublished works such as ''La Rivière sans repos'', ''Cet été qui chantait'', ''Un jardin au bout du monde'', ''Ces enfants de ma vie'', and ''La Détresse et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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