In Canada, the 1956 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twentieth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.[1]
Winners
edit- Fiction: Adele Wiseman, The Sacrifice.[1]
- Poetry or Drama: Robert A.D. Ford, A Window on the North.[1]
- Non-Fiction: Pierre Berton, The Mysterious North.[1]
- Non-Fiction: Joseph Lister Rutledge, Century of Conflict.[1]
- Juvenile: Farley Mowat, Lost in the Barrens.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Governor-General's Award Winners". The Montreal Gazette. 4 May 1957. p. 29. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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