Winners of Canadian literary awards for 1956.

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Governor General's Literary Awards

Children's Literature

Farley Mowat – Lost in the Barrens

Fiction

Adele Wiseman – The Sacrifice

Non-fiction

Pierre Berton – The Mysterious North

Joseph Lister Rutledge – Century of Conflict

Poetry

Robert A.D. Ford – A Window on the North

Leacock Medal for Humour

Leacock Medal for Humour

Eric Nicol – Shall We Join The Ladies?

Lorne Pierce Medal

Lorne Pierce Medal

Thomas H. Raddall

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Added 29 October 2008.
Updated 25 June 2010.