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===Recognition=== [[File: South Glen Road Bridge.jpg|thumb|Callaghan often walked the Glen Road bridge near his Toronto home, as confirmed by a historic plaque]] Callaghan was awarded the [[Royal Society of Canada]]'s [[Lorne Pierce Medal]] in 1960. In 1982 he was made a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{Canadian honour|Type=orc|ID=238|accessdate=26 May 2010}}</ref> Morley Callaghan is the subject of a [[CBC Television]] ''[[Life and Times (TV series)|Life and Times]]'' episode, and the CBC mini-series, ''Hemingway Vs. Callaghan'', which first aired in March 2003. From 1951 until he died in 1990, the author had lived in the [[Rosedale, Toronto]] area, at 20 Dale Avenue.<ref>{{cite news|title=Following the Footsteps of Toronto's Past Greats|date=30 June 2018|url=https://nationalpost.com/life/homes/following-the-footsteps-of-torontos-past-greats|work=National Post|access-date=23 November 2019|quote=Amelia Earhart, Morley Callaghan and Lester B. Pearson are among those whose past homes have been honored with blue plaques}}</ref> A historic plaque at the nearby Glen Road footbridge summarizes Callaghan's noteworthy writing career and the most significant of his literary contemporaries, including [[Ernest Hemingway]] and [[F Scott Fitzgerald]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torontoplaques.com/Pages/Morley_Callaghan.html |title=Toronto's Historical Plaques |date=11 July 2016 |publisher=Tronto Plaques |access-date=23 November 2019 |quote=Morley Callaghan wrote 18 novels and over 100 short stories, all about Canadians. Critically acclaimed around the world}}</ref> ====Commemorative postage stamp==== On September 8, 2003, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the [[National Library of Canada]], [[Canada Post]] released a special commemorative series, "The Writers of Canada", with a design by Katalina Kovats, featuring two English-Canadian and two French-Canadian stamps. Three million stamps were issued. Callaghan was chosen for one of the English-Canadian stamps.<ref>"[http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/archives/2003/2003_sept_library.jsf 50th Anniversary of the National Library / Canadian Authors]" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923135433/http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/archives/2003/2003_sept_library.jsf |date=2009-09-23 }}, Canada Post, Web, March 28, 2011.</ref>
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