Awards & Winners

1955 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1955 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 1955 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama

Wilfred Watson

Honored for : Friday's child
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Donald Creighton

Honored for : John A. Macdonald

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Donald Creighton John A. Macdonald
N.J. Berrill Man's Emerging Mind
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

N.J. Berrill

Honored for : Man's Emerging Mind

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Donald Creighton John A. Macdonald
N.J. Berrill Man's Emerging Mind
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Lionel Shapiro

Honored for : The Sixth of June
Governor General's Award for Juvenile Fiction

Kerry Wood

Honored for : The Map-Maker