1946 Governor General's Awards

The 1946 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the eleventh rendition of the Governor General's Awards, Canada's annual national awards program which then comprised literary awards alone. The awards recognized Canadian writers for new English-language works published in Canada during 1946 and were presented in 1947. There were no cash prizes.

The 1946 awards were announced on April 19, 1947, in Toronto, Ontario.^[1] As every year from 1942 to 1948, there two awards for non-fiction, and four awards in the three established categories, which recognized English-language works only.^[2]

Winners

Fiction: Winifred Bambrick, Continental Revue
Poetry or drama: Robert Finch, Poems
Non-fiction: Frederick Philip Grove, In Search of Myself
Non-fiction: Arthur R. M. Lower, Colony to Nation

Stephen Leacock Award

The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, commonly called the Stephen Leacock Award, recognizes the previous year's best English-language book of humour by a Canadian writer. It was inaugurated for 1946 publications when the winner was announced along with the Governor General's Literary Awards in April 1947 although it was – and always has been – separately administered and presented.^[1] As of 2015 the Leacock Medal approximately maintains its original schedule (2015, for 2014 publications: winner announced online, May 13; Leacock ceremony, first weekend in June)^[3] Meanwhile, the ceremonial date of the Governor General's Literary Awards has advanced to November of the publication year.

Stephen Leacock Award: Harry L. Symons, Ojibway Melody

(That is the 1947 Leacock Award, after the year of announcement and presentation.)

References

1 2 "Prof. Lower's History Gets Vice-Regal Award". Winnipeg Tribune, April 19, 1947.
↑ "Governor General's Literary Awards" [table of winners, 1936–1999]. Online guide to writing in canada (track0.com/ogwc). Retrieved 2015-08-19.
↑ "Leacock Medal weekend expanded". May 1, 2015.
"2015 winning books". May 13, 2015.
(press releases). The Leacock Associates (leacock.ca). Retrieved 2015-08-19.

Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit

English-language awards	Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1937–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration French to English translation

French-language awards	Fiction Non-fiction Poetry (1981–present) Drama (1981–present) Poetry or drama (1959–1980) Children's literature Children's illustration English to French translation

Awards by year	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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