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All 1949 Book Awards

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Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

Mr. Ames Against Time Philip ChildMr. Ames Against Time Philip Child

Mr. Ames Against Time

Philip Child

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Governor General’s Literary Award – Juvenile

Franklin of the Arctic R.S. LambertFranklin of the Arctic R.S. Lambert

Franklin of the Arctic

R.S. Lambert

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Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

Cross-country Hugh MacLennanCross-country Hugh MacLennan

Cross-country

Hugh MacLennan

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Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

The Red Heart James ReaneyThe Red Heart James Reaney

The Red Heart

James Reaney

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Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

Roosevelt and Hopkins Robert E. SherwoodRoosevelt and Hopkins Robert E. Sherwood

Roosevelt and Hopkins

Robert E. Sherwood

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Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

Guard of Honor

James Gould Cozzens

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Pulitzer Prize – History

The Disruption of American Democracy

Roy Franklin Nichols

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Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Terror and Decorum

Peter Viereck

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Caldecott – Picture Book

The Big Snow

Berta Hader and Elmer Hader

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Carnegie Medal – Children’s

The Story of Your Home

Agnes Allen

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Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel

The Room Upstairs

Mildred Davis

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Newbery Medal – Children’s

King of the Wind

Marguerite Henry

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