1966 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1966.

Journalism Awards

*Public Service:
** "The Boston Globe", for its campaign to prevent confirmation of Francis X Morrissey as a Federal District Judge in Massachusetts.
*Local General or Spot News Reporting:
** Staff of "The Los Angeles Times", for its coverage of the Watts Riots.
*Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
** John Anthony Frasca of "The Tampa Tribune", for his investigation and reporting of two robberies that resulted in the freeing of an innocent man.
*National Reporting:
** Haynes Johnson of the "Washington Evening Star", for his distinguished coverage of the civil rights conflict centered about Selma, Alabama, and particularly his reporting of its aftermath.
*International Reporting:
** Peter Arnett of Associated Press, for his coverage of the war in Vietnam.
*Editorial Writing:
** Robert Lasch of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch", for his distinguished editorial writing in 1965.
*Editorial Cartooning:
** Don Wright of "The Miami News", for "You Mean You Were Bluffing?"
*Photography:
** Kyoichi Sawada of United Press International, for his combat photography of the war in Vietnam during 1965.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

*Fiction:
** "Collected Stories" by Katherine Anne Porter.
*Drama:
**No award given.
*History:
** "The Life of the Mind in America" by the late Perry Miller.
*Biography or Autobiography:
** "A Thousand Days" by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr..
*Poetry:
** "Selected Poems" by Richard Eberhart.
*General Non-Fiction:
** "Wandering Through Winter" by Edwin Way Teale.
*Music:
** "Variations for Orchestra" by Leslie Bassett, it was first performed in the United States by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on October 22, 1965.

External links

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?year=1966&FormsButton1=Show+Winners Pulitzer Prizes for 1966] .