1949 Pulitzer Prize Explained

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1949.

Journalism awards

• Public Service

• • Nebraska State Journal for the campaign establishing the "Nebraska All-Star Primary" presidential preference primary which spotlighted, through a bi-partisan committee, issues early in the presidential campaign.^[1]
• Local Reporting

• • Malcolm Johnson of the New York Sun for his series of 24 articles entitled "Crime on the Waterfront" in New York City.^[2]
• National Reporting

• • C. P. Trussell of The New York Times for consistent excellence covering the national scene from Washington.
• International Reporting

• • Price Day of The Baltimore Sun for his series of 12 articles entitled, "Experiment in Freedom: India and Its First Year of Independence".
• Editorial Writing

• • Herbert Elliston of The Washington Post for distinguished editorial writing during the year.^[3]
  • John H. Crider of the Boston Herald for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning

• • Lute Pease of the Newark Evening News for "Who, Me?"
• Photography

• • Nathaniel Fein of the New York Herald-Tribune for his photo, "Babe Ruth Bows Out".^[4]

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction

• • Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens (Harcourt).
• Drama

• • Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Viking).
• History

• • The Disruption of American Democracy by Roy Franklin Nichols.
• Biography or Autobiography

• • Roosevelt and Hopkins by Robert E. Sherwood.
• Poetry

• • Terror and Decorum by Peter Viereck.
• Music

• • Music for the film Louisiana Story by Virgil Thomson (G. Schirmer) released in 1948 by Robert J. Flaherty Productions.

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1949

Notes and References

1. News: Coveted Pulitzer Prize to Journal. Nebraska State Journal. May 3, 1949. Newspapers.com.
2. Web site: Malcolm Johnson of New York Sun. The Pulitzer Prizes. 2020-08-22.
3. Web site: Herbert Elliston of The Washington Post. The Pulitzer Prizes. 2020-08-22.
4. Book: Fischer3 . Heinz Dietrich . Ambitious Newspaper Sports Journalism: Pulitzer Prize Winning Articles, Cartoons and Photos . 2020 . Lit Verlag . Berlin, Germany . 978-3-643-96258-4 . 31 December 2023 . en.