1921 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1921:

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • The Boston Post , for its exposure of the operations of Charles Ponzi by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest. ^[1]
• Reporting:
  • Louis Seibold of New York World , for an interview with Woodrow Wilson.
• Editorial Writing:
  • No award given. Jurors recommended the prize be given to William Peter Hamilton of The Wall Street Journal for two articles on "Our Envied Scrap Heap" ^[2] and "Soviets and Feudalism", ^[3] but the Advisory Board declined to make an award. ^[4]

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
  • The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (Appleton)
• Drama:
  • Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale (Appleton)
• History:
  • The Victory at Sea by William Sowden Sims in collaboration with Burton J. Hendrick (Doubleday)
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Americanization of Edward Bok by Edward Bok (Scriber)

References

1. "Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Post". The Boston Post. May 30, 1921 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. "Our envied scrap heap". The Wall Street Journal. February 26, 1920 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Soviets and feudalism". The Wall Street Journal. April 17, 1920 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Heinz-Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (2011). Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000. Walter de Gruyter. p. 130. ISBN   978-3110939125.

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1921