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1936 Pulitzer Prize

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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1936

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Journalism awards

  • Public Service:
  • Cedar Rapids Gazette for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.
  • Reporting:
  • Lauren D. Lyman of The New York Times for the exclusive story revealing that the Charles Lindbergh family was leaving the United States to live in England.
  • Correspondence:
  • Wilfred C. Barber of the Chicago Tribune for his reports of the war in Ethiopia (posthumous)
  • Editorial Writing:
  • Felix Morley and George B. Parker of The Washington Post and Scripps-Howard Newspapers (respectively) for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
  • Editorial Cartooning:
  • No award given.

    • Letters and Drama Awards

  • Novel:
  • Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis (Harper).
  • Drama:
  • Idiot's Delight by Robert E. Sherwood (Scribner).
  • History:
  • A Constitutional History of the United States by Andrew C. McLaughlin (Appleton).
  • Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Thought and Character of William James by Ralph Barton Perry (Little).
  • Poetry:
  • Strange Holiness by Robert Peter Tristram Coffin (Macmillan).

    • References

    1936 Pulitzer Prize Wikipedia
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