1958 Governor General's Awards Explained

Fiction: Colin McDougall , <a href="../Execution_(novel)/" title="Execution is a 1958 war novel by Canadian novelist and Second World War veteran Colin McDougall.">Execution .
Poetry or Drama: James Reaney , A Suit of Nettles .
Non-Fiction: Pierre Berton, Klondike .
Non-Fiction: <a href="../Joyce_Hemlow/" title="Joyce Hemlow was a Canadian professor and accomplished writer.">Joyce Hemlow , The History of Fanny Burney .
Juvenile: Edith L. Sharp , Nkwala .

In Canada, the 1958 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twenty-second such awards. The awards in this period were an honour for the authors but had no monetary prize.^[1]