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

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 ...

, 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

Lord Tweedsmuir John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...

, then

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—and, as John Buchan, the noted author of '' The Thirty-Nine Steps'' (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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