1946 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1946.

Journalism Awards

*Public Service:
**"Scranton Times" for its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
*Reporting:
** William L. Laurence of "The New York Times" for his eye-witness account of the atom-bombing of Nagasaki and his subsequent ten articles on the development, production, and significance of the atomic bomb.
*Correspondence:
** Arnaldo Cortesi of "The New York Times" for distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
*Telegraphic Reporting (National):
** Edward A. Harris of "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" for his articles on the Tidewater Oil situation which contributed to the nation-wide opposition to the appointment and confirmation of Edwin W. Pauley as Undersecretary of the Navy.
*Telegraphic Reporting (International):
** Homer Bigart of "New York Herald Tribune" for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre.
*Editorial Writing:
** Hodding Carter of "Delta Democrat-Times", Greenville, Mississippi for a group of editorials, including "Go for Broke", published during the year 1945 on the subject of racial, religious and economic intolerance.
*Editorial Cartooning:
** Bruce Alexander Russell of the "Los Angeles Times" for "Time to Bridge That Gulch".
*Photography:
** No award given.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

*Novel:
** No award given.
*Drama:
** "State of the Union" by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay.
*History:
** "The Age of Jackson" by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
*Biography or Autobiography:
** "Son of the Wilderness" by Linnie Marsh Wolfe.
*Poetry:
** No award given.
*Music:
**"Canticle of the Sun" by Leo Sowerby commissioned by the Alice M Ditson Fund, first performed by the Schola Cantorum in New York, April 1945.

External links

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?year=1946&FormsButton1=Show+Winners Pulitzer Prizes for 1946] .