1961 Pulitzer Prize

1961 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1961.

Journalism Awards

*Public Service:
** "The Amarillo Globe-Times", for exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism.
*Local Reporting, Edition Time:
**Sanche de Gramont of the "New York Herald Tribune", for his moving account of the death of Leonard Warren on the Metropolitan Opera stage.
*Local Reporting, No Edition time:
**Edgar May of "The Buffalo Evening News", for his series of articles on New York State's public welfare services entitled, "Our Costly Dilemma", based in part on his three-month employment as a State case worker. The series brought about reforms that attracted nation-wide attention.
*National Reporting:
**Edward R. Cony of "The Wall Street Journal", for his analysis of a timber transaction which drew the attention of the public to the problems of business ethics.
*International Reporting:
**Lynn Heinzerling of the Associated Press, for his reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa.
*Editorial Writing:
** William J. Dorvillier of "The San Juan Star", for his editorials on clerical interference in the 1960 gubernatorial election in Puerto Rico.
*Editorial Cartooning:
** Carey Orr of the "Chicago Tribune", for "The Kindly Tiger", published on October 8 1960
*Photography:
**Yasushi Nagao of "Mainichi", Tokyo, for his photograph, "Tokyo Stabbing", distributed by United Press International and widely printed in American newspapers.

Letters, Music and Drama Awards

*Fiction:
**"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
*Drama:
**"All the Way Home" by Tad Mosel
*History:
** "Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference" by Herbert Feis
*Biography or Autobiography:
** "Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War" by David Donald
*Poetry:
** "Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades" by Phyllis McGinley
*Music:
** "Symphony No. 7" by Walter Piston, first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10, 1961, and commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.

pecial Citations and Awards

*Letters:
** "American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War". A special citation is given to The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War as a distinguished example of American book publishing.

External links

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/1961w.html Pulitzer Prizes for 1961]


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