1917 Pulitzer Prize

Inaugural award for American journalism and literature The Pulitzer Prizes were first presented on June 4, 1917.Columbia awards Pulitzer Prizes The New York Times June 5, 1917 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94363905/columbia-awards-pulitzer-prizes/ Newspapers.com The prizes were given for American journalism and literary works published in 1916. Awards were made in four categories; no winner was chosen in five other categories that had been specified in Joseph Pulitzer's bequest. The winners were selected by the Trustees of Columbia University, on advice from juries of appointed experts. Journalism awards A prize of $1,000 was awarded for reporting, and $500 for editorial writing. Because of an insufficient number of candidates, prizes were not issued in the three other journalism categories (public service, newspaper history, and most suggestive paper on development of the Columbia School of Journalism).The Pulitzer Prizes St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 7, 1917 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94364432/the-pulitzer-prizes/ Newspapers.com Editorial Writing: New York Tribune, for "The Lusitania Anniversary", an editorial article on the first anniversary of the sinking of Lusitania 2 (no author was named, but the editorial was written by Frank H. Simonds).Tribune editorial takes Pulitzer Prize for 1916 New York Tribune June 5, 1917 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56026777/tribune-editorial-takes-pulitzer-prize/ Newspapers.com Reporting: Herbert Bayard Swope of the New York World, for his series "Inside the German Empire", published on October 10, October 15 and from November 4 daily to November 22, 1916.American Reporter at the International Political Stage: Herbert Bayard Swope and His Pulitzer Prize-winning Articles from Germany in 1916 Erika J. Fischer Heinz-Dietrich Fischer 1982 Studienverlag Brockmeyer Bochum 3883392383 The articles were compiled in book form the following year.Inside the German Empire: In the Third Year of the War Herbert Bayard Swope 1917 A. L. Burt New York https://books.google.com/books?id=6HdgwTrE9wUC Letters awards A prize of $2,000 was awarded for the best book on American history, and $1,000 for the best American biography. Prizes for the best novel and best drama were not awarded, as the jurors did not find a deserving winner. Biography or Autobiography: Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott assisted by Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe (Houghton).1917: Mine eyes have seen ... The Pulitzer Prizes Meg Heckman https://www.pulitzer.org/article/1917-mine-eyes-have-seen 2022-02-06 History: Jean Jules Jusserand, With Americans of Past and Present Days (Scribner) References Further reading Inauguration of the Pulitzer Prizes in 1917: Winners and Works in Journalism and Letters Heinz-Dietrich Fischer 2022 LIT Verlag 978-3643914613 External links 1917 Category:Pulitzer Prizes by year Pulitzer Prize, 1917 Pulitzer Prize, 1917