The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1943. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

Journalism awards

• Public Service: Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska) For its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material.

• Reporting: George Weller of Chicago Daily News For his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life.

• Correspondence: Hanson W. Baldwin of New York Times For his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific.

• Telegraphic Reporting (National): (No Award).

• Telegraphic Reporting (International):Ira Wolfert of North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. For his series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomons.

• Editorial Writing:Forrest W. Seymour of Register and Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa For his editorials published during the calendar year 1942.

• Editorial Cartooning:Jay Norwood Darling of Des Moines Register & Tribune "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign."

• Photography:Frank Noel of Associated Press For his photo entitled, "Water!" serviced by the AP.

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting. ... The Omaha World-Herald, founded in 1885 by Gilbert M. Hitchcock, is Omahas primary local newspaper, with circulation throughout Nebraska and south-west Iowa. ... George Anthony Weller (1907–19 December 2002) was an American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the New York Times and Chicago Daily News, and former editorial chair of The Harvard Crimson. ... The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and published between 1876 and 1978. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... The Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction. ... Forrest W. Seymour was born July 10, 1905, in South Dakota, and died October 3, 1983, in Dennis, Mass. ... The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning has been awarded since 1922 for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect. ... Jay Norwood Ding Darling (1887-1962) was an American cartoonist and conservationist. ... The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. ... Given since 1942, the Pulitzer Prize for Photography was divided in 1968 into the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. ... Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

Letters, Drama and Music awards

• Novel: Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair (Viking)
• Drama:The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
• History: Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (Houghton)
• Biography or Autobiography: Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little)
• Poetry: A Witness Tree by Robert Frost (Holt)
• Music: Secular Cantata No. 2. A Free Song by William Schuman Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York

No prize was awarded in 1917. ... Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was a prolific American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres, often advocating socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the twentieth century. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Thornton Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... Esther Forbes (June 28, 1891 in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA - August 12, 1967) was a prize-winning author. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... RAdm Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976), USN historian Samuel Eliot Morison, RAdm, USNR (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian, notable for producing scholarly works that were both authoritative and highly readable, an ability recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Portrait of Frost c. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 - February 15, 1992) was an American composer. ... The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the worlds most renowned orchestras. ...

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