1972 Pulitzer Prize Explained

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1972 are:^[1]

Journalism awards

• Public Service

• • The New York Times, for the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting

• • Richard Cooper and John Machacek of the Rochester Times-Union, for their coverage of the Attica Prison riots.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting

• • Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis of The Boston Globe, for their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.
• National Reporting

• • Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist, for his reporting of American policy decision-making during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
• International reporting

• • Peter R. Kann of The Wall Street Journal, for his coverage of the Indo Pakistan War of 1971.
• Commentary

• • Mike Royko of the Chicago Daily News, for his columns during 1971.
• Criticism

• • Frank Peters Jr. of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for his music criticism during 1971.
• Editorial Writing

• • John Strohmeyer of the Bethlehem Globe-Times, for his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• Editorial Cartooning

• • Jeffrey K. MacNelly of the Richmond News-Leader, for his editorial cartooning during 1971.
• Spot News Photography

• • Horst Faas and Michel Laurent of Associated Press, for their picture series, Death in Dacca.
• Feature Photography

• • David Hume Kennerly of United Press International, for his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971.

Letters, Drama and Music awards

• Fiction

• • Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (Random)
• Drama

• • No award given.
• History

• • Neither Black Nor White by Carl N. Degler (Macmillan)
• Biography or Autobiography

• • Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash (Norton)
• Poetry

• • Collected Poems by James Wright (Wesleyan Univ. Press)
• Non-Fiction

• • Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman (Macmillan)
• Music

• • Windows by Jacob Druckman (MCA Music)
    Premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on March 16, 1972, at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes | Awards 1972 Winners. 24 February 2011. The Pulitzer Prizes. New York, NY. https://web.archive.org/web/20110117192628/http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1972. 17 January 2011 . live.