Awards & Winners

1956 Governor General's Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1956 Governor General's Awards. Check awards winners of 1956 Governor General's Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

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

Robert Ford

Honored for : A window on the north
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Joseph Lister Rutledge

Honored for : Century of Conflict

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Lister Rutledge Century of Conflict
Pierre Berton Mysterious North
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

Pierre Berton

Honored for : Mysterious North

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Lister Rutledge Century of Conflict
Pierre Berton Mysterious North
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

Adele Wiseman

Honored for : The sacrifice
Governor General's Award for Juvenile Fiction

Farley Mowat

Honored for : Lost in the Barrens