1949 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1949.

• Public Service:
  • Nebraska State Journal for the campaign establishing the "Nebraska All-Star Primary" presidential preference primary which spotlighted, through a bi-partisan committee, issues early in the presidential campaign.^[1]
• Local Reporting:
  • Malcolm Johnson of the New York Sun for his series of 24 articles entitled "Crime on the Waterfront" in New York City.^[2]
• National Reporting:
  • C. P. Trussell of The New York Times for consistent excellence covering the national scene from Washington.
• International Reporting:
  • Price Day of The Baltimore Sun for his series of 12 articles entitled, "Experiment in Freedom: India and Its First Year of Independence".
• Editorial Writing:
  • Herbert Elliston of The Washington Post for distinguished editorial writing during the year.^[3]
  • John H. Crider of the Boston Herald for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Lute Pease of the Newark Evening News for "Who, Me?"
• Photography:
  • Nathaniel Fein of the New York Herald-Tribune for his photo, "Babe Ruth Bows Out".^[4]

• Fiction:
  • Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens (Harcourt).
• Drama:
  • Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (Viking).
• History:
  • The Disruption of American Democracy by Roy Franklin Nichols.
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Roosevelt and Hopkins by Robert E. Sherwood.
• Poetry:
  • Terror and Decorum by Peter Viereck.
• Music:
  • Music for the film Louisiana Story by Virgil Thomson (G. Schirmer) released in 1948 by Robert J. Flaherty Productions.

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1949