The 1936 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit inaugurated Canada's annual program of

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, late in 1937 recognizing 1936 publications."Late T. B. Roberton Awarded Literary Achievement Prize; Tweedsmuir Raps 'Moderns'". ''

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'', November 26, 1937. There were only two categories, fiction and non-fiction, English language only. The awards were presented by

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, then

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—and, as John Buchan, the noted author of ''

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'' (1915, adapted as a 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock).

Winners

* Fiction: Bertram Brooker, '' Think of the Earth'' * Non-fiction: Thomas Beattie Roberton, ''TBR: Newspaper Pieces''

References

External links

* {{Governor General's Literary Awards Governor General's Awards

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