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1955 Governor General's Awards
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Canadian literary award
April 2026
In Canada, the 1955 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the nineteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.25 February 1956 Three Authors Repeat High Literary Awards 14 Victoria Times Colonist https://www.newspapers.com/image/507210872/?terms=%22Governor%20General%27s%20Awards%22&match=1 22 December 2023
Winners
Fiction: Lionel Shapiro, The Sixth of June (filmed as D-Day the Sixth of June).
Poetry or Drama: Wilfred Watson, Friday's Child.
Non-Fiction: N.J. Berrill, Man's Emerging Mind.
Non-Fiction: Donald G. Creighton, John A. Macdonald, The Old Chieftain.
Juvenile: Kerry Wood, The Map-Maker.
References
External links
20170129 The Sixth of June
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