1969 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1969.

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • The Los Angeles Times, for its expose of wrongdoing within the Los Angeles City Government Commissions, resulting in resignations or criminal convictions of certain members, as well as widespread reforms.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • John Fetterman of The Louisville Times and The Courier-Journal, for his article, Pfc. Gibson Comes Home. the story of an American soldier whose body was returned to his native town from Vietnam for burial.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Al Delugach and Denny Walsh of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, for their campaign against fraud and abuse of power within the St. Louis Steamfitters Union, Local 562.
• National Reporting:
  • Robert Cahn of the Christian Science Monitor, for his inquiry into the future of our national parks and the methods that may help to preserve them.
• International Reporting:
  • William Tuohy of the Los Angeles Times, for his Vietnam War correspondence in 1968.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Paul Greenberg of the Pine Bluff Commercial (Arkansas), for his editorials during 1968.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • John Fischetti of the Chicago Daily News, for his editorial cartooning in 1968.
• Spot News Photography:
  • Edward T. Adams of Associated Press, for his photograph, Saigon Execution.
• Feature Photography:
  • Moneta Sleet Jr. of Ebony magazine, for his photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow and child, taken at Dr. King's funeral.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
  • House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (Harper).
• Drama:
  • The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler (Dial).
• History:
  • Origins of the Fifth Amendment by Leonard W. Levy (Oxford University Press).
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Man From New York: John Quinn and His Friends by Benjamin Lawrence Reid (Oxford University Press).
• Poetry:
  • Of Being Numerous by George Oppen (New Directions).
• General Non-Fiction:
  • The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer (World).
• General Non-Fiction:
  • So Human An Animal by Rene Jules Dubos (Scribner).
• Music:
  • String Quartet No. 3 by Karel Husa (Associated Music Publishers).
    First performed at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, on October 14, 1968, by the Fine Arts Quartet.

External links

• Official website