• The 1947 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the 12th rendition of the Governor General's Awards, Canada's annual national awards program...
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  • The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic...
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  • 1946 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the eleventh rendition of the Governor General's Awards, Canada's annual national awards program...
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  • one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The awards was created by...
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  • written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators...
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  • Official website of the Governor General. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Governor General's Foot Guards (1947). Governor General's Foot Guards: Seventy-Fifth...
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  • 2015-08-18. "Governor General's Literary Awards". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2015-08-18. "Win Governor-General's Literary Awards". Victoria Times-Colonist...
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  • awards. The poetry or drama award was introduced one year later, as one of three 1937 Governor General's Awards. "Governor General's Literary Awards"...
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  • Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill was acting Governor-General in 1904. Created Earl Mountbatten of Burma on 28 October 1947. "Amini Commission 1776 - Banglapedia"...
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    The Governor General's Bodyguard was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army and served as the British Indian equivalent to the Household Cavalry...
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  • following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada. Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively...
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    the Governor General's Awards, and will also give out awards associated with private organizations, some of which are named for past governors general. During...
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    months before the end of the existing governor-general's term. After receiving their commission, the new governor-general takes an oath or affirmation of allegiance...
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    R. H. Thomson (category Governor General's Award winners)
    Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada "R.H. Thomson". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Governor General's Performing...
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    Lawrence Williams, GCMG, KGN, KStJ (born 2 November 1947) is the current and 4th Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. Rodney is the son of Ernest...
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    try changing the 1935 act to establish checks and balances on the Governor-General's powers.: 236  In response, Muhammad dismissed the Constituent Assembly...
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  • The Tin Flute (category Governor General's Award-winning fiction books)
    prestigious Prix Femina in 1947. Published in English as The Tin Flute in 1947, the book also won the 1947 Governor General's Award for fiction as well as...
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  • Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, in 1999. Jacques Godbout won the Governor General's Award for...
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  • William Sclater (writer) (category Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers)
    naval officer, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 1947 Governor General's Awards for Haida, his account of the...
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    The governor-general's flag may be flown from a vehicle in which the governor-general is travelling, or from a building in which the governor-general is...
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    15 August 1947; Partition of the provinces of Bengal and Punjab between the two new countries; Establishment of the office of Governor-General in each of...
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    The governor-general of Australia is the head of the executive branch of the federal government, serving as the representative of the Australian monarch...
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  • internationally acclaimed novels, namely The Tin Flute (1947) that won the 1947 Governor General's Awards for fiction as well as the Royal Society of Canada's...
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  • Awards and decorations of the United States government are civilian awards of the U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious...
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  • and public duties. Until 1903, the governor-general’s private secretary provided the support to the governor-general, when the official secretary position...
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    Gabrielle Roy (category Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers)
    prestigious Prix Femina in 1947. Published in English as The Tin Flute (1947), the book won the 1947 Governor General's Award for fiction as well as the...
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    of the Allied effort in World War II. Following the Partition of India in 1947, he opted for the Dominion of Pakistan, subsequently transferring his military...
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    Hugh MacLennan (category Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers)
    professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award. MacLennan was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, on March...
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  • Don Dickinson (category 1947 births)
    December 27, 1947. He was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1991 Governor General's Awards for his...
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  • Laura Salverson (category Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers)
    of a 1937 Governor General's Award Black Lace (1938) Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter (1939), winner of a 1939 Governor General's Award Immortal...
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