1952 Governor General's Awards Explained

Fiction: <a href="../David_Walker_(author)/" title="David Walker was born near Dundee, Scotland and received his early education in Shrewsbury, later enrolling at the Royal ...">David Walker , The Pillar .
Poetry or Drama: E. J. Pratt , Towards the Last Spike .
Non-Fiction: <a href="../Bruce_Hutchison/" title="Bruce Hutchison was a Canadian writer and journalist.">Bruce Hutchison , The Incredible Canadian .
Non-Fiction: Donald G. Creighton, John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician .
Juvenile: Marie McPhedran , Cargoes on the Great Lakes .

In Canada, the 1952 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the sixteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.^[1]