1971 Pulitzer Prize
The 1971 Pulitzer Prize went to the following:
Journalism awards
- National Reporting:
- Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers of United Press International, for their documentary The Making of a Terrorist.
- Public Service:
- Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel for investigation of environmental problems, particularly blocking strip mine operations in northwest North Carolina.
- Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Staff of Akron Beacon Journal for coverage of Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970.
- Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- William Jones of the Chicago Tribune, for exposing "collusion between police and some of Chicago's largest ambulance companies to restrict services in low income areas."
- International Reporting:
- Jimmie Lee Hoagland of The Washington Post, for covering the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
- Commentary:
- William A. Caldwell of The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, for his daily column.
- Criticism:
- Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times, for his music criticism in 1970.
- Editorial Writing:
- Horace G. Davis, Jr. of The Gainesville Sun, for his editorial in support of peaceful desegregation in Florida schools.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Paul Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, for his cartooning in 1970.
- Spot News Photography:
- John Paul Filo of the Valley Daily News/Daily Dispatch of the Pittsburgh suburbs of Tarentum and New Kensington, Pennsylvania. For his photography of the Kent State shootings.
- Feature Photography:
- Jack Dykinga of the Chicago Sun-Times, for his photography at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded (Illinois).
Letters, Drama and Music Awards
- Fiction:
- No award given.
- Drama:
- History:
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938 by Lawrance Thompson (Holt)
- Poetry:
- The Carrier of Ladders by William S. Merwin (Atheneum)
- General Non-Fiction:
- The Rising Sun by John Toland (Random)
- Music:
- Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky (E. B. Marks)
Premiered August 19, 1970, at the Berkshire Music Festival.
- Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky (E. B. Marks)
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