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Toshio Sakai

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Toshio Sakai (酒井 淑夫, Sakai Toshio, March 31, 1940 – November 21, 1999), a graduate of Meiji University,[1] a photographer for United Press International, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1968, for his photo "Dreams of Better Times" taken during the Vietnam War.[2][3][4] He was the first person to receive that award.

References

  1. ^ "SAKAI Toshio". photoguide.jp. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ UPI History: Milestones (1961–1980)
  3. ^ "Toshio Sakai". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. ^ Buell, Hal (11 April 2008). "The Backstory of Vietnam's Pulitzers". Retrieved 17 May 2019.