1953 Governor General's Awards

Template:Short description 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.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>

Winners

• Fiction: David Walker, Digby.<ref name=":0" />
• Poetry or Drama: Douglas LePan, The Net and the Sword.<ref name=":0" />
• Non-Fiction: N.J. Berrill, Sex and the Nature of Things.<ref name=":0" />
• Non-Fiction: J.M.S. Careless, Canada, A Story of Challenge.<ref name=":0" />
• Juvenile: John F. Hayes, Rebels Ride at Night.<ref name=":0" />