Wikilivres:Governor General's Literary Awards

The following list of Canadian writers were important enough in their time to receive this prestigious award. Many are now all but forgotten. They merit being made available again..

1936

• Fiction: Bertram Brooker (1888-1955), Think of the Earth
• Non-fiction: Thomas Beattie Roberton (1879-1936), T. B. R., newspaper pieces

1937

• Fiction: Laura Goodman Salverson (1890-1970), The Dark Weaver
• Poetry or drama: Edwin John Dove Pratt (1882-1964), The Fable of the Goats
• Non-fiction: Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), My Discovery of the West

1938

• Fiction: Gwethalyn Graham (1913-1965), Swiss Sonata
• Poetry or drama: Kenneth Leslie (1892-1974), By Stubborn Stars
• Non-fiction: John Murray Gibbon (1875-1952), Canadian Mosaic

1939

• Fiction: Franklin D. McDowell (1888-1965), The Champlain Road
• Poetry or drama: Arthur Stanley Bourinot (1893-1969), Under the Sun
• Non-fiction: Laura Goodman Salverson, (1890-1970) Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter'

1940

• Fiction: Ringuet (1895-1960), Trente arpents / Thirty Acres.
• Poetry or Drama: Edwin John Dove Pratt (1882-1964), Brébeuf and His Brethren.
• Non-Fiction: James Frederick Church Wright (1904-1970), Slava Bohu

1941

• Fiction: Alan Sullivan (1868-1947), Three Came to Ville Marie.
• Poetry or Drama: Anne Marriott (1913-1997), Calling Adventurers!
• Non-Fiction: Emily Carr (1871-1945), Klee Wyck.

1942

• Fiction: George Herbert Sallans (1895-1960), Little Man.
• Poetry or Drama: Earle Birney (1904-1995), David and Other Poems.
• Non-Fiction: Bruce Hutchison (1901-1992), The Unknown Country.
• Non-Fiction: Edgar Wardell McInnis (1899-1973), The Unguarded Frontier.

1943

• Fiction: Thomas Head Raddall (1903-1994), The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek.
• Poetry or Drama: Arthur James Marshall Smith (1902-1980), News of the Phoenix.
• Non-Fiction: John Daniel Robins (1884-1952), The Incomplete Anglers.
• Non-Fiction: Edward Killoran Brown (1905-1951), On Canadian Poetry.

1944

• Fiction: Gwethalyn Graham (1913-1965), Earth and High Heaven.
• Poetry or Drama: Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Day and Night.
• Non-Fiction: Dorothy Duncan (later MacLennan) (1903-1957), Partner in Three Worlds.
• Non-Fiction: Edgar Wardell McInnis (1899-1973), The War: Fourth Year.

1945

• Fiction: Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990), Two Solitudes.
• Poetry or Drama: Earle Birney (1904-1995), Now is Time.
• Non-Fiction: Evelyn M. Richardson (1902-1976), We Keep a Light.
• Non-Fiction: Ross Munro (1913-1990), Gauntlet to Overlord.

1946

• Fiction: Winifred Bambrick (1892-1969), Continental Revue.
• Poetry or Drama: Robert Duer Claydon Finch (1900-1995), Poems.
• Non-Fiction: Frederick Philip Grove (1879-1947), In Search of Myself.
• Non-Fiction: Arthur Reginald Marsden Lower (1889-1988), Colony to Nation.

1947

• Fiction: Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983), The Tin Flute.
• Poetry or Drama: Dorothy Livesay (1909-1996), Poems for People.
• Non-Fiction: William Sclater (1907-1980), Haida.
• Non-Fiction: Robert MacGregor Dawson (1895-1958), The Government of Canada.

1948

• Fiction: Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990), The Precipice.
• Poetry or Drama: Abraham Moses Klein (1909-1972), The Rocking Chair and Other Poems.
• Non-Fiction: Thomas Head Raddall (1903-1994), Halifax, Warden of the North.
• Non-Fiction: Charles Perry Stacey (1906-1989), The Canadian Army, 1939-1945.

1949

• Fiction: Philip Child (1898-1978), Mr. Ames Against Time.
• Poetry or Drama: James Reaney (1996-2008), The Red Heart.
• Non-Fiction: Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990), Cross-country.
• Non-Fiction: Robert MacGregor Dawson (1895-1958), Democratic Government in Canada.
• Juvenile: Richard Stanton Lambert (1894-1981), Franklin of the Arctic.

1950

• Fiction: Germaine Guèvremont (1893-1968), The Outlander.
• Poetry or Drama: James Wreford Watson (1915-1990), Of Time and the Lover.
• Non-Fiction: Marjorie Wilkins Campbell (1902-1986), The Saskatchewan.
• Non-Fiction: William Lewis Morton (1908-1980), The Progressive Party in Canada.
• Juvenile: Donalda James Dickie (1883-1972), The Great Adventure.

1951

• Fiction: Morley Callaghan (1903-1990), The Loved and the Lost.
• Poetry or Drama: Charles Tory Bruce (1906-1971), The Mulgrave Road.
• Non-Fiction: Josephine Phelan (1905-1979), The Ardent Exile.
• Non-Fiction: Frank MacKinnon (1919-2006), The Government of Prince Edward Island.
• Juvenile: John Francis Hayes (1904-1980), A Land Divided.

1952

• Fiction: David Walker (1911-1992), The Pillar.
• Poetry or Drama: Edwin John Dove Pratt (1882-1964), Towards the Last Spike.
• Non-Fiction: Bruce Hutchison (1901-1992), The Incredible Canadian.
• Non-Fiction: Donald Grant Creighton (1902-1979), John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician.
• Juvenile: Marie McPhedran (1904-c.1973), Cargoes on the Great Lakes.

1953

• Fiction: David Walker (1911-1992), Digby.
• Poetry or Drama: Douglas Valentine LePan (1914-1998), The Net and the Sword.
• Non-Fiction: Norman John Berrill (1903-1996), Sex and the Nature of Things.
• Non-Fiction: James Maurice Stockford Careless (1919-2009)), Canada, A Story of Challenge.
• Juvenile: John Francis Hayes (1904-1980), Rebels Ride at Night.

1954

• Fiction: Igor Gouzenko (1919-1982), The Fall of a Titan.
• Poetry or Drama: Patricia Kathleen Page (1916-2010), The Metal and the Flower.
• Non-Fiction: Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990), Thirty and Three.
• Non-Fiction: Arthur Reginald Marsden Lower (1889-1988), This Most Famous Stream.
• Juvenile: Marjorie Wilkins Campbell (1901-1986), The Nor'westers.

1955

• Fiction: Lionel Shapiro (1908-1958), The Sixth of June.
• Poetry or Drama: Wilfred Watson (1911-1998), Friday's Child.
• Non-Fiction: Norman John Berrill (1903-1996), Man's Emerging Mind.
• Non-Fiction: Donald Grant Creighton (1902-1979), John A. Macdonald, The Old Chieftain.
• Juvenile: Kerry Wood pseudonym for Edgar Allardyce Wood (1907-1998), The Map-Maker.

1956

• Fiction: Adele Wiseman (1928-1992), The Sacrifice.
• Poetry or Drama: Robert Arthur Douglas Ford (1915-1998), A Window on the North.
• Non-Fiction: Pierre Berton (1920-2004), The Mysterious North.
• Non-Fiction: Joseph Lister Rutledge (1885-1957), Century of Conflict.
• Juvenile: Farley Mowat (1921- ), Lost in the Barrens.

1957

• Fiction: Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983), Street of Riches.
• Poetry or Drama: Jean Jay Macpherson (1931-2012), The Boatman.
• Non-Fiction: Bruce Hutchison (1901-1992), Canada: Tomorrow's Giant.
• Non-Fiction: Thomas Head Raddall (1903-1994), The Path of Destiny.
• Juvenile: Kerry Wood (1907-1998), The Great Chief.

1958

• Fiction: Colin Malcolm McDougall (1917-1984), Execution.
• Poetry or Drama: James Crerar Reaney (1926-2008), A Suit of Nettles.
• Non-Fiction: Pierre Berton (1920-2004), Klondike.
• Non-Fiction: Joyce Hemlow (1906-2001), The History of Fanny Burney.
• Juvenile: Edith Lambert Sharp (1917-? ), Nkwala.

1959

• English Fiction: Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990), The Watch That Ends the Night.
• English Poetry or Drama: Irving Peter Layton (1912-2006), A Red Carpet for the Sun.
• French Fiction: André Giroux (1916-1977), Malgré tout, la joie.
• French Non-Fiction: Félix-Antoine Savard (1896-1982), Le barachois.

1960

• English Fiction: Brian Moore (1921-1999), The Luck of Ginger Coffey
• English Poetry or Drama: Margaret Avison (1918-2007), Winter Sun
• English Non-Fiction: Frank Hawkins Underhill (1889-1971), In Search of Canadian Liberalism
• French Poetry or Drama: Anne Hébert (1916-2000), Poèmes
• French Non-Fiction: Paul Toupin (1918-1993), Souvenirs pour demain

1961

• English Fiction: Clarence Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957), Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place
• English Poetry or Drama: Robert Finch (1900-1995) , Acis in Oxford
• English Non-Fiction: Thomas Anderson Goudge (1910-1999), The Ascent of Life
• French Fiction: Yves Thériault (1915-1983), Ashini
• French Non-Fiction: Jean Le Moyne (1913-1996), Convergences

1962

• English Fiction: Kildare Robert Eric Dobbs (1923- ), Running to Paradise.
• English Poetry or Drama: James Crerar Reaney (1926-2008), Twelve Letters to a Small Town and The Killdeer and Other Plays.
• English Non-Fiction: Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), The Gutenberg Galaxy.
• French Fiction: Jacques Ferron (1921-1985), Contes du pays incertain.
• French Poetry or Drama: Jacques Languirand (1931- ), Les insolites et les violons de l'automne.
• French Non-Fiction: Gilles Marcotte (1925- ), Une littérature qui se fait.

1963 and later

Except in unusual circumstances, it is unlikely that the works of these later authors will be in the public domain before the beginning of 2014.