The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1945. The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • Detroit Free Press for its investigation of legislative graft and corruption at Lansing, Michigan.
• Reporting:
  • Jack S. McDowell of the San Francisco Call For his campaign to encourage blood donations.
• Correspondence:
  • Harold Boyle of Associated Press for distinguished war correspondence during the year 1944
• Telegraphic Reporting (National):
  • James Reston of The New York Times for his news dispatches and interpretive articles on the Dumbarton Oaks security conference.
• Telegraphic Reporting (International):
  • Mark S. Watson of The Baltimore Sun for his distinguished reporting during the year 1944 from Washington, London and the fronts in Sicily, Italy, and France.
• Editorial Writing:
  • George W. Potter of the Providence Journal-Bulletin for his editorials published during the calendar year 1944, especially for his editorials on the subject of freedom of the press.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Sergeant Bill Mauldin of United Feature Syndicate, Inc. for distinguished service as a cartoonist, as exemplified by the cartoon entitled, Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners, in the series entitled, Up Front With Mauldin.
• Photography:
  • Joe Rosenthal of Associated Press for his photograph of the Marines planting the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.

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. ... Along with The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press is one of the two major metro Detroit newspapers. ... Location in Ingham County, Michigan1 Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Ingham, Eaton Settled 1835 Incorporation 1859 Government  - Type Strong Mayor-Council  - Mayor Virg Bernero (D) Area  - City  35. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Reporting was awarded from 1917 to 1947. ... The San Francisco Call was a newspaper that served San Francisco, California. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence was awarded from 1929 to 1947. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting (National) was awarded from 1942 to 1947. ... James Scotty Reston James Barrett Reston (3 November 1909 – 12 June 1995) (nicknamed Scotty) was a prominent American journalist whose career spanned the mid 1930s to the early 1990s. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... Dumbarton Oaks is a nineteenth-century mansion located in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. It houses the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, a leading center for scholarship in Byzantine studies, Pre-Columbian studies and the history of landscape architecture. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting (International) was awarded from 1942 to 1947. ... The Sun is the newspaper of record for Baltimore, Maryland, with a daily press run of 247,193 copies and a Sunday run of 418,670 copies (9/30/05 Audit Bureau of Circulations report). ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... 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. ... The Providence Journal is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. ... 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. ... William Henry Bill Mauldin (October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the United States. ... United Media is large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Photography was one of the Pulitzer Prizes. ... With the U.S. fleet off Iwo Jima in the background, Joe Rosenthal strikes a pose on the summit of Mount Suribachi Joe Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on... Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal / The Associated Press. ...

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Novel:
  • A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
• Drama:
  • Harvey by Mary Chase
• History:
  • Unfinished Business by Alex Tang
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel by Russel Blaine Nye
• Poetry:
  • V-Letter and Other Poems by Karl Shapiro
• Music:
  • Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland a ballet written for and presented by Martha Graham and group, commissioned by Mrs. E. S. Coolidge, first presented at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. October, 1944

No prize was awarded in 1917. ... A Bell for Adano a Film directed by Henry King starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney in (1945) The film is the story of the Italian-American U.S. Army Major Joppolo, who is placed in charge of the town of Adano during the invasion of Sicily. ... John Hersey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... Harvey is a play by Mary Chase. ... Mary Chase can refer to: Author Mary Ellen Chase Playwright/screenwriter Mary Coyle Chase ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913-May 14, 2000) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning United States poet, famous for his poetry written in the Pacific Theater while he served there during World War II. His collection V-Letter and Other Poems, written while Shapiro was stationed in New Guinea, was... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... Appalachian Spring is a ballet score by Aaron Copland that premiered in October 1944, and achieved widespread popularity as an orchestral suite. ... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. ... For the supercentenarian, see Martha Graham (supercentenarian). ... Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894. ...

Special Citations and Awards

• Journalism:
  • The cartographers of the American press for maps of the war fronts that have helped notably to clarify and increase public information on the progress of the Armies and Navies engaged.

The Pulitzer Prize jury has the option of awarding special citations where they consider necessary. ...

External links

• The Pulitzer Board