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The 1947 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the eleventh such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors.

Fiction: Gabrielle Roy, The Tin Flute

Poetry or Drama: Dorothy Livesay , Poems for People

Non-Fiction: William Sclater , Haida

Non-Fiction: R. MacGregor Dawson , The Government of Canada

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