1953 Governor General's Awards
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In Canada
, the 1953 Governor General's Award
s for Literary Merit were the seventeenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.
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, the 1953 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 seventeenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were 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:...
, Digby. - Poetry or Drama: Douglas LePanDouglas LePanDouglas Valentine LePan, OC, FRSC was a Canadian diplomat, poet, novelist and professor of literature.Born in Toronto, Ontario, LePan was educated at the University of Toronto, at Harvard , and at Merton College, Oxford University...
, The Net and the Sword. - Non-Fiction: N.J. Berrill, Sex and the Nature of Things.
- Non-Fiction: J.M.S. Careless, Canada, A Story of Challenge.
- Juvenile: John F. Hayes, Rebels Ride at Night.