The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1959. 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. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • The Utica Observer-Dispatch and the Utica Daily Press, for their successful campaign against corruption, gambling and vice in their home city and the achievement of sweeping civic reforms in the face of political pressure and threats of violence. By their stalwart leadership of the forces of good government, these newspapers upheld the best tradition of a free press.
• Local Reporting, Edition Time:
  • Miss Mary Lou Werner of the Evening Star, for her comprehensive year-long coverage of the integration crisis in Virginia which demonstrated admirable qualities of accuracy, speed and the ability to interpret the news under deadline pressure in the course of a difficult and taxing assignment.
• Local Reporting, No Edition Time:
  • John Harold Brislin of the Scranton Tribune and the Scrantonian, for displaying courage, initiative and resourcefulness in his effective four-year campaign to halt labor violence in his home city, as a result of which ten corrupt union officials were sent to jail and a local union was embolden to clean out racketeering elements.
• National Reporting:
  • Howard Van Smith of The Miami News, for a series of articles that focused public notice on deplorable conditions in a Florida migrant labor camp, resulted in the provision of generous assistance for the 4,000 stranded workers in the camp, and thereby called attention to the national problem presented by 1,500,000 migratory laborers.
• International Reporting:
  • Joseph Martin and Philip Santora of the New York Daily News, for their exclusive series of articles disclosing the brutality of the Batista government in Cuba long before its downfall and forecasting the triumph of the revolutionary party led by Fidel Castro.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, for his distinguished editorial writing during 1958 as exemplified in his editorial A Church, A School.... and for his long, courageous and effective editorial leadership.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • William H. (Bill) Mauldin of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for I won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What was your crime ? published on October 30, 1958
• Photography:
  • William Seaman of the Minneapolis Star, for his dramatic photograph of the sudden death of a child in the 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. ... The Observer-Dispatch is the major newspaper for Oneida County, Herkimer County, and parts of Madison County, and also services the greater Central New York area. ... The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1982. ... Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Scranton Tribune is a morning newspaper published in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. ... The Miami News was the evening newspaper in Miami, Florida for most of the 20th Century. ... The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. ... Joseph Martin was the name of several prominent people: Joseph Martin (Canadian politician) Joseph William Martin, Jr. ... Daily News Building, Raymond Hood, architect, rendering by Hugh Ferriss. ... General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (pronounced ) (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the de facto military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and the de jure President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944. ... For more information on this current event, see 2006 Cuban transfer of presidential duties. ... Ralph Emerson McGill (February 5, 1898- February 3, 1969), American journalist, was best known as the anti-segregationist editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper. ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper of Atlanta and metro Atlanta. ... 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 St. ... 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. ... The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in Minnesota and is published seven days each week in an edition for the Minneapolis-St. ...

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
  • The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor.
• Drama:
  • J.B. by Archibald Macleish.
• History:
  • The Republican Era: l869-1901 by Leonard D. White, with the assistance of Miss Jean Schneider.
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Woodrow Wilson, American Prophet by Arthur Walworth.
• Poetry:
  • Selected Poems 1928-1958 by Stanley Kunitz.
• Music:
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by John La Montaine, first performed in Washington, D.C. by the National Symphony Orchestra on November 25, 1958.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Lewis Taylor. ... Robert Lewis Taylor (1912 - ) is an American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1959 for his novel The Travels of Jamie McPheeters. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... I CAN BLOW!!! J.B. is a play in verse written by Archibald MacLeish and published in 1958. ... Archibald MacLeish Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (born July 29, 1905) is a noted American poet who served two years (1974–1976) as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (a precursor to the modern Poet Laureate program), and served another year as United States Poet Laureate in 2000. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... John La Montaine (born Mar 17, 1920) is a composer who won the 1959 Pulitzer prize for his Concerto for piano & orchestra, Op 9 (1958). ... The Hall of Nations in the Kennedy Center, with the banner of the NSO. The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC is a major symphony orchestra that performs at the Kennedy Center. ...

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