1939 Governor General's Awards
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The 1939 Governor General's Award
s for Literary Merit were the fourth such awards. No monetary prize was yet given; the awards were simply recognition of the authors.
Source: "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards," (.pdf), Canada Council. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
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 fourth such awards. No monetary prize was yet given; the awards were simply recognition of the authors.
Winners
- Fiction: Franklin D. McDowellFranklin D. McDowellFranklin Davey McDowell was a Canadian writer, whose novel The Champlain Road won the Governor General's Award for English language fiction in 1939....
, The Champlain Road - Poetry or drama: Arthur S. Bourinot Under the Sun
- Non-fiction: Laura G. Salverson, Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter
Source: "Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards," (.pdf), Canada Council. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.