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1953 Governor General's Awards
In
Canada
, the
1953
Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit
were the
seventeenth
such
awards
. The awards in this period had no
monetary
prize
but were an
honour
for the
authors
.
Winners
Fiction:
David Walker,
Digby
.
Poetry
or Drama:
Douglas LePan,
The Net
and
the Sword
.
Non-Fiction:
N.J. Berrill,
Sex and the
Nature of Things
.
Non-Fiction:
J.M.S. Careless,
Canada,
A Story
of Challenge
.
Juvenile:
John
F. Hayes,
Rebels
Ride at
Night
.