1961 Pulitzer Prize
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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1961.
Contents
Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- Local Reporting, Edition Time:
- Local Reporting, No Edition time:
- National Reporting:
- International Reporting:
- Lynn Heinzerling of the Associated Press
- Editorial Writing:
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Carey Orr of the Chicago Tribune
- Photography:
Letters, Music and Drama Awards
- Fiction:
- Drama:
- History:
- Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference by Herbert Feis (Princeton Univ. Press)
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War by David Donald (Knopf)
- Poetry:
- Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades by Phyllis McGinley (Viking)
- Music:
- Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston (Associated Music Publishers), first performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10, 1961, and commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
Special 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.
