1944 Pulitzer Prize

• Public Service:
• The New York Times for its survey of the teaching of American history, coordinated by Benjamin Fine.{{cite news|title=Ignorance of U.S. history shown by college freshmen|work=The New York Times|author=Benjamin Fine|date=April 4, 1943|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/04/04/archives/ignorance-of-us-history-shown-by-college-freshmen-survey-of-7000.html}} {{subscription required}}{{cite book|title=Pulitzer's Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism|author=Roy J. Harris, Jr.|year=2015|publisher=Columbia University Press|pages=196–197|isbn=9780231540568 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RO3lCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196}}
• Reporting:
• Paul Schoenstein and associates of the New York Journal American, for a news story published on August 12, 1943, which saved the life of a two-year-old girl in the Lutheran Hospital of New York City by obtaining penicillin.
• Correspondence:
• Ernest Taylor Pyle of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, for distinguished war correspondence during the year 1943.{{cite news|title=Ernie Pyle bet $100 he wouldn't achieve prize|work=The Marshfield News-Herald|author=Lee G. Miller|date=May 10, 1944|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57036228/ernie-pyle-bet-100-he-wouldnt-achieve/|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Telegraphic Reporting (National):
• Dewey L. Fleming of The Baltimore Sun, for his distinguished reporting during the year 1943.
• Telegraphic Reporting (International):
• Daniel De Luce of the Associated Press, for his distinguished reporting during the year 1943.
• Editorial Writing:
• Henry J. Haskell of The Kansas City Star, for editorials written during the calendar year 1943.{{cite news|title=Periscope on the world front: The Star's editor|work=The Kansas City Star|date=May 7, 1944|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/655835566/|via=Newspapers.com}} {{subscription required}}
• Editorial Cartooning:
• Clifford K. Berryman of the Evening Star (Washington D.C.), for "But Where Is the Boat Going?"
• Photography:
• Earle L. Bunker of the Omaha World-Herald, for his photo entitled, "Homecoming".{{cite news|title=Fervent welcome to 'Bob'|work=Evening World-Herald|location=Omaha, Nebraska|date=July 15, 1943|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-world-herald-fervent-welcome-to/136239253/|via=Newspapers.com}} ([https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-world-herald-fervent-welcome-to/136239297/ Part 2 of article]){{cite news|title=World-Herald photographer Bunker wins Pulitzer Prize|work=Morning World-Herald|location=Omaha, Nebraska|date=May 2, 1944|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-world-herald-photogra/136239440/|via=Newspapers.com}} ([https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-world-herald-photogra/136239508/ Part 2 of article])
• Frank Filan of the Associated Press, for his photo at the Battle of Tarawa entitled "Tarawa Island".{{cite news|title=Picture tells fury of fight to win island|work=The Rock Island Argus|date=November 30, 1943|agency=AP|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-picture-tells-fury/136238319/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Pulitzer Prize winners began as office boys|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=May 2, 1944|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-pulitzer-prize-win/136238532/|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Special Citations:
• Byron Price, Director of the Office of Censorship, for the creation and administration of the newspaper and radio codes.
• William Allen White was honored with a scroll indicating appreciation of his services for seven years as a member of the Pulitzer Prize advisory board, presented posthumously to his widow.{{cite news|title=Pulitzer advisory board creates award recognizing late W. A. White|work=The Emporia Gazette|date=July 3, 1944|agency=AP|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57037282/pulitzer-advisory-board-creates-award/|via=Newspapers.com}}

• Novel:
• Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin (Harper).
• Drama:
• No award given
• History:
• The Growth of American Thought by Merle Curti (Harper).
• Biography or Autobiography:
• The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse by Carleton Mabee (Knopf).
• Poetry:
• Western Star by Stephen Vincent Benét (Farrar).
• Music:
• Symphony No. 4. Opus 34 by Howard Hanson (Eastman School of Music). Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on December 3, 1943.{{cite news|title=Pulitzer award surprises Eastman School director|work=Democrat and Chronicle|location=Rochester, New York|date=May 2, 1944|author=Norman Nairn|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-pulitzer-award-su/136239819/|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Special Award:
• In lieu of the Drama prize, a special award was given to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, for Oklahoma!{{cite news|title=Theatre is left out in Pulitzer awards|work=New York Daily News|author=Robert Jeans|date=May 2, 1944|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57036714/theatre-is-left-out-in-pulitzer-awards/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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• [http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1944 Pulitzer Prizes for 1944]

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