1957 Governor General's Awards

Fiction: Gabrielle Roy , Street of Riches . <a href="./1957_Governor_General's_Awards#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;" class="reference-link"> [1]
Poetry or Drama: Jay Macpherson , The Boatman . <a href="./1957_Governor_General's_Awards#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;" class="reference-link"> [1]
Non-Fiction: Bruce Hutchison , Canada: Tomorrow's Giant . <a href="./1957_Governor_General's_Awards#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;" class="reference-link"> [1]
Non-Fiction: <a href="/en/articles/Thomas_H._Raddall" title="Thomas H. Raddall" class="mw-redirect wl">Thomas H. Raddall , The Path of Destiny . <a href="./1957_Governor_General's_Awards#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;" class="reference-link"> [1]
Juvenile: Kerry Wood , The Great Chief . <a href="./1957_Governor_General's_Awards#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;" class="reference-link"> [1]

The 1957 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the twenty-first such awards in Canada. The awards in this period an honour for the authors but had no monetary prize.^[1]