All 1952 Book Awards

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Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction

The Pillar David WalkerThe Pillar David Walker

The Pillar

David Walker

Governor General’s Literary Award – Juvenile

Cargoes on the Great Lakes Marie McPhedranCargoes on the Great Lakes Marie McPhedran

Cargoes on the Great Lakes

Marie McPhedran

Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction

John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician Donald G. CreightonJohn A. Macdonald, The Young Politician Donald G. Creighton

John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician

Donald G. Creighton

Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry

Towards the Last Spike E.J. PrattTowards the Last Spike E.J. Pratt

Towards the Last Spike

E.J. Pratt

Pulitzer Prize – Biography or Autobiography

Charles Evans Hughes Merlo J. PuseyCharles Evans Hughes Merlo J. Pusey

Charles Evans Hughes

Merlo J. Pusey

Pulitzer Prize – Fiction

The Caine Mutiny

Herman Wouk

Pulitzer Prize – History

The Uprooted

Oscar Handlin

Pulitzer Prize – Poetry

Collected Poems

Marianne Moore

Caldecott – Picture Book

Finders Keepers

Will Lipkind and Mordvinoff Nicolas

Carnegie Medal – Children’s

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

Edgar Allan Poe – First Novel

Strangle Hold

Mary McMullen

Newbery Medal – Children’s

Ginger Pye

Eleanor Estes