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1956 Governor General's Awards

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In Canada, the 1956 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twentieth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.

Winners

  • Fiction: Adele Wiseman, The Sacrifice.
  • Poetry or Drama: Robert A.D. Ford, A Window on the North.
  • Non-Fiction: Pierre Berton, The Mysterious North.
  • Non-Fiction: Joseph Lister Rutledge, Century of Conflict.
  • Juvenile: Farley Mowat, Lost in the Barrens.

    • References

    1956 Governor General's Awards Wikipedia
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