1955 Governor General's Awards
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
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.
