1943 Pulitzer Prize

1943 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1943.

Journalism Awards

*Public Service: "Omaha World-Herald" (Nebraska) For its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material.

*Reporting: George Weller of "Chicago Daily News" For his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life.

*Correspondence: Hanson W. Baldwin of "The New York Times" For his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific.

*Telegraphic Reporting (National): (No Award).

*Telegraphic Reporting (International): Ira Wolfert of North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. For his series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomons.

*Editorial Writing: Forrest W. Seymour of Register and Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa For his editorials published during the calendar year 1942.

*Editorial Cartooning: Jay Norwood Darling of Des Moines Register & Tribune "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign."

*Photography: Frank Noel of Associated Press For his photo entitled, "Water!" serviced by the AP.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

*Novel: "Dragon's Teeth" by Upton Sinclair (Viking)
*Drama: "The Skin of Our Teeth" by Thornton Wilder
*History: "Paul Revere and the World He Lived In" by Esther Forbes (Houghton)
*Biography or Autobiography: "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little)
*Poetry: "A Witness Tree" by Robert Frost (Holt)
*Music: "Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song" by William Schuman Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York

External links

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?586,15 Pulitzer Prizes for 1943]


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