All 1941 Book Awards

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Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

Three Came to Ville Marie Alan SullivanThree Came to Ville Marie Alan Sullivan

Three Came to Ville Marie

Alan Sullivan

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

Klee Wyck Emily CarrKlee Wyck Emily Carr

Klee Wyck

Emily Carr

Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

Calling Adventurers Anne MarriottCalling Adventurers Anne Marriott

Calling Adventurers

Anne Marriott

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

Jonathan Edwards, 1703–1758: a biography Ola Elizabeth WinslowJonathan Edwards, 1703–1758: a biography Ola Elizabeth Winslow

Jonathan Edwards, 1703–1758: a biography

Ola Elizabeth Winslow

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

No award given No award given

No award given

Pulitzer Prize – History

The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860

Marcus Lee Hansen

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Sunderland Capture

Leonard Bacon

Caldecott – Picture Book

They Were Strong and Good

Robert Lawson

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

We Couldn’t Leave Dinah

Mary Treadgold

Newbery Medal – Children’s

Call It Courage

Armstrong Sperry