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, the 1950

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s for Literary Merit were the fourteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.

Winners

*Fiction:

Germaine Guèvremont Germaine Guèvremont, born GrignonFrench Canadian Write ...

, ''The Outlander''. *Poetry or Drama:

James Wreford Watson Prof James Wreford Watson FRSE FRSC IBG LLD (February 8, 1915 – September 18, 1990) was a Scottish Canadian geographer and cartographer, who served as the Chief Geographer of Canada and the first president of the Canadian Association of G ...

, ''Of Time and the Lover''. *Non-Fiction:

Marjorie Wilkins Campbell Marjorie Elliott Wilkins Campbell (1901 – November 23, 1986) was a Canadian writer of history and historical fiction. She won two Governor General's Literary Awards for the best works of the year, one of the Governor General's Award for English- ...

, ''The Saskatchewan''. *Non-Fiction: W. L. Morton, ''The Progressive Party in Canada''. *Juvenile: Donalda Dickie, ''The Great Adventure''. *Leacock Medal for Humour:

Eric Nicol Eric Patrick Nicol (December 28, 1919 – February 2, 2011) was a Canadians, Canadian writer, best known as a longtime humour columnist for the Vancouver, British Columbia newspaper ''The Province''. He also published over 40 books, both origin ...

, ''The Roving I''.

References

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Governor General's Awards The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...