The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1946. 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. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • Scranton Times for its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
• Reporting:
  • William L. Laurence of The New York Times for his eye-witness account of the atom-bombing of Nagasaki and his subsequent ten articles on the development, production, and significance of the atomic bomb.
• Correspondence:
  • Arnaldo Cortesi of The New York Times for distinguished correspondence during the year 1945, as exemplified by his reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Telegraphic Reporting (National):
  • Edward A. Harris of St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his articles on the Tidewater Oil situation which contributed to the nation-wide opposition to the appointment and confirmation of Edwin W. Pauley as Undersecretary of the Navy.
• Telegraphic Reporting (International):
  • Homer Bigart of New York Herald Tribune for his distinguished reporting during the year 1945 from the Pacific war theatre.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Hodding Carter of Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi for a group of editorials published during the year 1945 on the subject of racial, religious and economic intolerance, as exemplified by the editorial Go for Broke
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Bruce Alexander Russell of the Los Angeles Times for Time to Bridge That Gulch.
• Photography:
  • No award given.

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. ... Owned by Times Shamrock Communications, a privately held company owned by the Lynett family, this afternoon newspaper—one of a vanishing breed in the United States—is published daily in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... William Leonard Laurence (March 7, 1888–March 19, 1977) was a Lithuanian-American journalist known for his science journalism writing of the 1940s and 1950s while working for the New York Times. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of... The St. ... Edwin Wendell Pauley Sr. ... Assistant Secretary of the Navy (abbrev. ... The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. ... US landings in the Pacific, 1942–1945 The Pacific War was the part of World War II that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, 1937 to 1945. ... 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. ... This article is about Hodding Carter II, the journlalist. ... Greenville is a city located in Washington County, Mississippi. ... 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. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the western 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. ...

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Novel:
  • No award given.
• Drama:
  • State of the Union by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay.
• History:
  • The Age of Jackson by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Son of the Wilderness by Linnie Marsh Wolfe.
• Poetry:
  • No award given.
• Music:
  • Canticle of the Sun by Leo Sowerby commissioned by the Alice M Ditson Fund, first performed by the Schola Cantorum in New York, April 1945.

No prize was awarded in 1917. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... State of the Union is a 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay, which was adapted into a 1948 film directed by Frank Capra. ... Russel Crouse (1893 - 1966) was a U.S. dramatist and journalist. ... Howard Lindsay (March 29, 1888 - February 11, 1968) was a Broadway producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor, best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life with Father. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. ... 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 for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... The Canticle of the Sun, also known as the Laudes Creaturarum (Praise of the Creatures), is a religious song composed by Saint Francis of Assisi. ... Leo Sowerby (May 1, 1895–July 7, 1968), American composer and church musician, was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1946, and was often called the “Dean of American church music” in the early to mid 20th century. ... Schola Cantorum founded in 1894 in France by Vincent dIndy, was devoted to early music, and was an alternative to the Paris Conservatoire. ...

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