The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1956. 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. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • Watsonville Register-Pajaronian for courageous exposure of corruption in public office, which led to the resignation of a district attorney and the conviction of one of his associates.
• Local Reporting, Edition Time:
  • Lee Hills of the Detroit Free Press for his aggressive, resourceful and comprehensive front page reporting of the United Auto Workers' negotiations with Ford and General Motors for a guaranteed annual wage.
• Local Reporting, No Edition Time:
  • Arthur Daley of The New York Times, for his outstanding coverage and commentary on the world of sports in his daily column, Sports of the Times.
• National Reporting:
  • Charles L. Bartlett of the Chattanooga Times, for his original disclosures that led to the resignation of Harold E. Talbott as Secretary of the Air Force.
• International Reporting:
  • William Randolph Hearst, Jr., J. Kingsbury-Smith and Frank Conniff of International News Service, for a series of exclusive interviews with the leaders of the Soviet Union.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Lauren K. Soth of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, for the editorial inviting a farm delegation from the Soviet Union to visit Iowa, which led directly to the Russian farm visit to the U.S.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Robert York of The Louisville Times, for his cartoon, Achilles showing a bulging figure of American prosperity tapering to a weak heel labeled Farm Prices.
• Photography:
  • Staff of the New York Daily News, for its consistently excellent news picture coverage in 1955, an outstanding example of which is its photo, Bomber Crashes in Street.

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. ... The United Auto Workers (UAW), officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, with more than 700,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico organized into approximately 950 union locals. ... Ford Motor Company (also called simply Ford NYSE: F), is an American company that manufactures and sells automobiles worldwide. ... General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, is the worlds largest automaker and has been the global industry sales leader for 75 years. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953 for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in print journalism. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. ... The Chattanooga Times Free Press is a local Newspaper located in Chattanooga,TN. The Newspaper is known for its Liberal and Conservative views in the editorial section. ... Harold E. Talbott became the third Secretary of the Air Force on Feb. ... The Secretary of the Air Force is the civilian head of the United States Department of the Air Force, a component organization of the Department of Defense. ... The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. ... William Randolph Hearst Jr. ... International News Service (INS) was a news agency founded by William Randolph Hearst in 1909. ... 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 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. ... 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. ... Daily News Building, Raymond Hood, architect, rendering by Hugh Ferriss. ...

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
  • Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor.
• Drama:
  • Diary of Anne Frank by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich.
• History:
  • The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter.
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Benjamin Henry Latrobe by Talbot Faulkner Hamlin (Oxford Univ. Press)
• Poetry:
  • Poems - North & South by Elizabeth Bishop.
• Music:
  • Symphony No. 3 by Ernst Toch, first performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, December 2, 1955.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... Andersonville is a novel by MacKinlay Kantor concerning the Confederate prisoner of war camp during the American Civil War (1861–1865). ... MacKinlay Kantor (1904–1977) was an American novelist and screenwriter who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his novel Andersonville. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... A 1995 edition of The Diary of a Young Girl The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank was published in Dutch in 1947 (and in English in 1952), using extracts from the diary she kept while in hiding during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands. ... Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. ... Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter is a history that traces events from the Populist Movement of the 1890s through the Progressive Era ending with the New Deal in the 1930s. ... Richard Hofstadter (August 6, 1916 - October 24, 1970) was a noted American historian and was the Dewitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... Benjamin Henry Latrobe (May 1, 1764 - September 3, 1820) was an architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979), was an American poet and writer, increasingly regarded as one of the finest 20th century poets writing in English. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... Ernst Toch (pronounced similar to talk) (7 December 1887 - 1 October 1964) was a composer of classical music and film scores. ... The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of the major orchestras in the United States. ...

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