1931 Pulitzer Prize Explained

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1931.

Journalism awards

• Public Service

• • The Atlanta Constitution, for a successful municipal graft exposure and consequent convictions.^[1]
• Reporting

• • A. B. MacDonald of The Kansas City Star, for his work in connection with a murder in Amarillo, Texas.^[2]
• Correspondence

• • H. R. Knickerbocker of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and New York Evening Post, for a series of articles on the practical operation of the Five Year Plan in Russia.
• Editorial Writing

• • Charles S. Ryckman of Fremont Tribune, for the editorial entitled "The Gentleman from Nebraska."^[3]
• Editorial Cartooning

• • Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun, for "An Old Struggle Still Going On".

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel

• • Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes (Houghton)
• Drama

• • Alison's House by Susan Glaspell (S. French)
• History

• • The Coming of the War 1914 by Bernadotte E. Schmitt (Scribner)
• Biography or Autobiography

• • Charles W. Eliot by Henry James (Houghton)
• Poetry

• • Collected Poems by Robert Frost (Holt)

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1931

Notes and References

1. News: Constitution wins Pulitzer medal for 1930; women given awards for best novel and play. Atlanta Constitution. May 5, 1931. AP. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. News: Quest for life's facts. The Kansas City Star. May 5, 1931. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
3. News: Tribune editorial awarded Pulitzer Prize. Fremont Tribune. Herbert S. Putnam. May 5, 1931. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)