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1927 Pulitzer Prize

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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1927.

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Journalism awards

  • Public Service:
  • Canton Daily News, for its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the assassination of the editor of the paper, Mr. Don R. Mellett.
  • Reporting:
  • John T. Rogers of St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the inquiry leading to the impeachment of Judge George W. English of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
  • Editorial Writing:
  • F. Lauriston Bullard of Boston Herald, for the editorial entitled, "We Submit."
  • Editorial Cartooning:
  • Nelson Harding of Brooklyn Daily Eagle, "Toppling the Idol."

    • Letters and Drama Awards

  • Novel:
  • Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield (Stokes)
  • Drama:
  • In Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green (McBride)
  • History:
  • Pinckney's Treaty by Samuel Flagg Bemis (Johns Hopkins)
  • Biography or Autobiography:
  • Whitman by Emory Holloway (Knopf)
  • Poetry:
  • Fiddler's Farewell by Leonora Speyer (Knopf)

    • References

    1927 Pulitzer Prize Wikipedia
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