The Pulitzer Prizes for 1972 are:
Journalism awards
Public Service: The New York Times, for the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Local General or Spot News Reporting: Richard Cooper and John Machacek of the Rochester Times-Union, for their coverage of the Attica Prison riots. Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis of The Boston Globe, for their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts. National Reporting: Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist, for his reporting of American policy decision-making during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. International reporting: Peter R. Kann of The Wall Street Journal, for his coverage of the Indo Pakistan War of 1971. Commentary: Mike Royko of the Chicago Daily News, for his columns during 1971. Criticism: Frank Peters Jr. of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for his music criticism during 1971. Editorial Writing: John Strohmeyer of the Bethlehem Globe-Times, for his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Editorial Cartooning: Jeffrey K. MacNelly of the Richmond News-Leader, for his editorial cartooning during 1971. Spot News Photography: Horst Faas and Michel Laurent of Associated Press, for their picture series, Death in Dacca. Feature Photography: David Hume Kennerly of United Press International, for his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971.
Letters, Drama and Music awards
Fiction: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (Random) Drama: No award given. History: Neither Black Nor White by Carl N. Degler (Macmillan) Biography or Autobiography: Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash (Norton) Poetry: Collected Poems by James Wright (Wesleyan Univ. Press) Nonfiction: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman (Macmillan) Music: Windows by Jacob Druckman (MCA Music) Premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on March 16, 1972, at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
References
External links