1952 Governor General's Awards
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In Canada
, the 1952 Governor General's Award
s for Literary Merit were the sixteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.
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, the 1952 Governor General's Award
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
s for Literary Merit were the sixteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.
Winners
- Fiction: David WalkerDavid Walker (author)David Walker was a novelist whose work has been made into films. He was born in Dundee, Scotland but lived and died in St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.-History:...
, The Pillar. - Poetry or Drama: E.J. Pratt, Towards the Last Spike.
- Non-Fiction: Bruce HutchisonBruce HutchisonWilliam Bruce Hutchison, was a Canadian author and journalist.Born in Prescott, Ontario, Hutchison was educated in public schools in Victoria, British Columbia. He married Dorothy Kidd McDiarmid in 1925, around the same time that he began his journalism career as a political reporter in Ottawa...
, The Incredible Canadian. - Non-Fiction: Donald G. Creighton, John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician.
- Juvenile: Marie McPhedran, Cargoes on the Great Lakes.