The 1936 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit began the tradition of Governor General's awards in Canada. They comprised only two categories, for fiction and non-fiction, and were English language only.

Lord Tweedsmuir, then Governor General and himself the noted author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, presented the awards.

Winners

• Fiction: Bertram Brooker, Think of the Earth
• Non-fiction: Thomas Beattie Roberton, T. B. R., newspaper pieces

Source: " Cumulative List of Winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards," (.pdf), Canada Council. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. <http://www.canadacouncil.ca/NR/rdonlyres/CCA1B1A6-59E5-4748-BFEE-B64313E92624/0/cumulativewinners20091.pdf>

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