1936 Governor General's Awards

1936 Governor General's Awards

The 1936 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit began the tradition of Governor General's awards in Canada. They comprised only two categories: Fiction and Non-Fiction, and excluded French-language books.

Lord Tweedsmuir, the Governor General of Canada and himself the noted author of "The Thirty-Nine Steps", presented the awards.

Winners:

*Fiction: Bertram Brooker, "Think of the Earth".
*Non-Fiction: T. B. Robertson, collected newspaper articles.

Other Governor General's Awards:


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