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1940 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the
Pulitzer Prize
s
for 1940.
Journalism awards
Public Service
:
Waterbury Republican-American
for its campaign exposing municipal
graft
.
Honorable mention to the
San Francisco Chronicle
for "its part in settling the
water front and warehouse strike
in San Francisco, June 22 to Dec. 1, 1939".
Reporting
:
S. Burton Heath
of the
New York World-Telegram
for his expose of the frauds perpetrated by
Federal judge
Martin T. Manton
, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
Correspondence
:
Otto D. Tolischus
of
The New York Times
for his dispatches from Berlin.
Honorable mention to
Lloyd Lehrbas
of the
Associated Press
for his dispatches from Warsaw, Bucharest, and Ankara.
Editorial Writing
:
Bart Howard of the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Editorial Cartooning
:
Edmund Duffy
of
The Baltimore Sun
for "The 'Outstretched Hand'".
Letters and Novel Awards
Novel
:
The Grapes of Wrath
by
John Steinbeck
(
Viking
).
Drama
:
The Time of Your Life
by
William Saroyan
(
Harcourt
).
History
:
' by
Carl Sandburg
(
Harcourt
).
Biography or Autobiography
:
Woodrow Wilson
, Life and Letters. Vols. VII and VIII
by
Ray Stannard Baker
(
Doubleday
).
Poetry
:
Collected Poems
by
Mark Van Doren
(
Holt
).
References
External links
Pulitzer Prizes for 1940