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1936 Pulitzer Prize
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Awards for journalism and related fields
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1936
Journalism awards
Public Service:
Cedar Rapids Gazette for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.'Graft' crusade brings Gazette Pulitzer Prize The Davenport Democrat May 5, 1936 AP https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56537566/graft-crusade-brings-gazette-pulitzer/ Newspapers.com
Honorable mention to the St. Paul Daily News for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in St. Paul.Puliter Prize goes to anti-war drama The Indianapolis Star May 5, 1936 AP https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56536995/pulitzer-prize-goes-to-anti-war-drama/ Newspapers.com
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 Second Italo-Ethiopian War (posthumous).
Honorable mentions to:
Webb Miller of the United Press for reports on the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Ashman Brown of the Providence Evening Bulletin for his correspondence from Washington.
Jay G. Hayden of The Detroit News for a series of political articles written on a tour of the country.
James A. Mills of the Associated Press for his story about the leasing of Ethiopian oil fields to Standard Oil.
Editorial Writing:
Felix Morley of The Washington Post for distinguished editorial writing during the year.Felix Morley and George B. Parker of Washington Post and Scripps-Howard Newspapers, (respectively) The Pulitzer Prizes https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/felix-morley-and-george-b-parker 2020-08-22
George B. Parker of Scripps-Howard Newspapers 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
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Pulitzer Prizes for 1936
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