1957 Pulitzer Prize

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The 1957 Pulitzer Prize was the 41st award of the most important US literary prize. Prizes were awarded in 14 categories of journalism, literature, theater and music.

Categories and award winners

category Category Award winners
journalism Journalism
Public service Public service Chicago Daily News
Local coverage Local Reporting, Edition Time Salt Lake Tribune
Local coverage Local reporting, no edition time Wallace Turner and William Lambert of Portland Oregonian
Domestic reporting National reporting James Reston of The New York Times
Foreign reporting International reporting Russell Jones from United Press International
editorial Editorial writing Buford Boone from Tuscaloosa News
cartoon Editorial cartooning Tom Little from Nashville Tennessean
Photo photography Photography Harry A. Trask of Boston Traveler
Literature, theater and music Letters, Drama & Music
Fiction Fiction not forgiven
theatre drama Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (Yale Univ. Press)
history History Russia Leaves the War: Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1920 by George F. Kennan (Princeton Univ. Press)
Biography or autobiography Biography or Autobiography Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy (Harper).
poetry Poetry Things of This World by Richard Wilbur (Harcourt).
music Music Meditations on Ecclesiastes by Norman Dello Joio (C. Fischer), first performed at the Juilliard School of Music on April 20, 1956.
Special mentions Special Citations
Special Price Special Awards and Citations not forgiven

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