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- ↑ "1962 Pulitzer Prizes". Pulitzer. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ↑ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 302–. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2 . Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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