The following are the Pulitzer Prizes 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".[1]
- 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.[1]
- Editorial Writing:
- Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.[2]
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"The 'Outstretched Hand'", the prize-winning editorial cartoon
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun for "The 'Outstretched Hand'".
Letters and Novel Awards
- Novel:
- Drama:
- The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan (Harcourt).
- History:
- Abraham Lincoln: The War Years 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
- ^ a b "Pulitzer Prize winners for 1939 revealed". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. AP. May 7, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ernest Kirschten (May 7, 1940). "Bart Howard's long career devoted to keen and brilliant comment on men and events". St. Louis Post-Dispatch – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)