1956 Pulitzer Prize

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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1956.

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.^[1]^[2]
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.^[3]
International Reporting:
- William Randolph Hearst, Jr., J. Kingsbury-Smith, and Frank Conniff of the 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 "If the Russians Want More Meat...", inviting a farm delegation from the Soviet Union to visit Iowa, which led directly to the Russian farm visit to the U.S.^[4]
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".

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

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

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References

↑ Dale Nouse (May 8, 1956). "Lee Hills gets writing award". Detroit Free Press– via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
↑ Frank Angelo (May 8, 1956). "Hills worked 'round the clock on series". Detroit Free Press– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Henry Trewhitt (May 8, 1956). "Bartlett calls his award result of 'united effort'". Chattanooga Daily Times– via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
↑ Herbert D. Kelly (May 13, 1956). "Soth is well informed on Pulitzer-winning subject". Des Moines Register– via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

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[1] Dale Nouse (May 8, 1956). "Lee Hills gets writing award". Detroit Free Press– via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

[2] Frank Angelo (May 8, 1956). "Hills worked 'round the clock on series". Detroit Free Press– via Newspapers.com.

[3] Henry Trewhitt (May 8, 1956). "Bartlett calls his award result of 'united effort'". Chattanooga Daily Times– via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

[4] Herbert D. Kelly (May 13, 1956). "Soth is well informed on Pulitzer-winning subject". Des Moines Register– via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)

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