1954 Governor General's Awards
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In Canada
, the 1954 Governor General's Award
s for Literary Merit were the eighteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.
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, the 1954 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 eighteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.
Winners
- Fiction: Igor GouzenkoIgor GouzenkoIgor Sergeyevich Gouzenko was a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on September 5, 1945, with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West...
, The Fall of a Titan. - Poetry or Drama: P.K. Page, The Metal and the Flower.
- Non-Fiction: Hugh MacLennanHugh MacLennanJohn Hugh MacLennan, CC, CQ was a Canadian author and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.-Family and childhood:...
, Thirty and Three. - Non-Fiction: A.R.M. Lower, This Most Famous Stream.
- Juvenile: Marjorie Wilkins Campbell, The Nor'westers.