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1955 Governor General's Awards
Canadian literary award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
Winners
- Fiction: Lionel Shapiro, The Sixth of June (filmed as D-Day the Sixth of June).[1]
- Poetry or Drama: Wilfred Watson, Friday's Child.[1]
- Non-Fiction: N.J. Berrill, Man's Emerging Mind.[1]
- Non-Fiction: Donald G. Creighton, John A. Macdonald, The Old Chieftain.[1]
- Juvenile: Kerry Wood, The Map-Maker.[1]
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