1972 Pulitzer Prize
{{Short description|Award for American journalism and arts}}
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The Pulitzer Prizes for 1972 are:{{cite web|title=The Pulitzer Prizes | Awards 1972 Winners|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1972|accessdate=24 February 2011|publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes|location=New York, NY| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110117192628/http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1972| archivedate= 17 January 2011 | url-status= live}}
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)
- Nonfiction:
- 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.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1972}}
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