1936 Governor General's Awards

The 1936 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit inaugurated Canada's annual program of Governor General's Awards, late in 1937 recognizing 1936 publications.^[1] There were only two categories, fiction and non-fiction, English language only.^[1][2]

The awards were presented by Lord Tweedsmuir, then Governor General of Canada—and, as John Buchan, the noted author of The Thirty-Nine Steps^[1] (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

1. "Late T. B. Roberton Awarded Literary Achievement Prize; Tweedsmuir Raps 'Moderns'". Winnipeg Tribune, November 26, 1937.
2. "Governor General's Literary Awards" [table of winners, 1936–1999]. Online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-19.

External links

• Think of the Earth at Faded Page (Canada)