1955 Governor General's Awards
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In Canada
, the 1955 Governor General's Award
s for Literary Merit were the nineteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.
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, the 1955 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 nineteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.
Winners
- Fiction: Lionel ShapiroLionel ShapiroLionel Shapiro was a Canadian journalist and novelist. A war correspondent for The Montreal Gazette, he landed at the Allied invasion of Sicily, Salerno and Juno Beach on D-Day with the Canadian forces....
, The Sixth of June (filmed as D-Day the Sixth of JuneD-Day the Sixth of JuneD-Day the Sixth of June is a 1956 romantic war film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Harry Brown, based on the novel, The Sixth of June by Lionel Shapiro....
). - Poetry or Drama: Wilfred WatsonWilfred WatsonWilfred Watson was professor emeritus of English at Canada's University of Alberta for many years. He was also an experimental Canadian poet and dramatist, whose innovative plays had a considerable influence in the 1960s...
, 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.