Canadian Literary Awards
1940s
Winners of Canadian literary awards in the 1940s.
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1949
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Children's Literature
- R.S. Lambert – Franklin of the Arctic
- Fiction
- Philip Child – Mr. Ames Against Time
- Non-fiction
- Hugh MacLennan – Cross-country
- Poetry
- James Reaney – The Red Heart
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Angeline Hango – Truthfully Yours
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- John Murray Gibbon
1948
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Hugh MacLennan – The Precipice
- Non-fiction
- Thomas H. Raddall – Halifax, Warden of the North
- C.P. Stacey – The Canadian Army, 1939-1945
- Poetry
- A.M. Klein – The Rocking Chair and Other Poems
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Paul Hiebert – Sarah Binks
Lorne Pierce Medal
1947
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Gabrielle Roy – The Tin Flute (translation)
- Non-fiction
- William Sclater – Haida
- R. MacGregor Dawson – The Government of Canada
- Poetry
- Dorothy Livesay – Poems for People
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Harry L. Symons – Ojibway Melody
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Dorothy Livesay
1946
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Winifred Bambrick – Continental Revue
- Non-fiction
- Philip Grove – In Search of Myself Frederick
- A.R.M. Lower – Colony to Nation
- Poetry
- Robert Finch – Poems
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Charles N. Cochrane
1945
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Hugh MacLennan – Two Solitudes
- Non-fiction
- Evelyn M. Richardson – We Keep a Light
- Ross Munro – Gauntlet to Overlord
- Poetry
- Earle Birney – Now is Time
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Félix-Antoine Savard
1944
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Gwethalyn Graham – Earth and High Heaven
- Non-fiction
- Dorothy Duncan – Partner in Three Worlds
- Edgar McInnis – The War: Fourth Year
- Poetry
- Dorothy Livesay – Day and Night
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Audrey Alexandra Brown
1943
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Thomas H. Raddall – The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek
- Non-fiction
- John D. Robins – The Incomplete Anglers
- E.K. Brown – On Canadian Poetry
- Poetry
- A.J.M. Smith – News of the Phoenix
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- George H. Clarke
1942
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- G. Herbert Sallans – Little Man
- Non-fiction
- Bruce Hutchison – The Unknown Country
- Edgar McInnis – The Unguarded Frontier
- Poetry
- Earle Birney – David and Other Poems
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Watson Kirkconnell
1941
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Alan Sullivan – Three Came to Ville Marie
- Non-fiction
- Emily Carr – Klee Wyck
- Poetry
- Anne Marriott – Calling Adventurers
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Léon Gérin
1940
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Fiction
- Ringuet (pseud.) – Thirty Acres (translation)
- Non-fiction
- J.F.C. Wright – Slava Bohu
- Poetry
- E.J. Pratt – Brébeuf and His Brethren
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- E.J. Pratt
