In Canada, the 1953 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the seventeenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors.
Winners
• Fiction:David Walker, Digby. • Poetry or Drama:Douglas LePan, The Net and the Sword. • Non-Fiction:N.J. Berrill, Sex and the Nature of Things. • Non-Fiction:J.M.S. Careless, Canada, A Story of Challenge. • Juvenile:John F. Hayes, Rebels Ride at Night. == References ==