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The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history of the United States. Thus it is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were awarded that year. The Pulitzer Prize program has also recognized some historical work with its Biography prize, from 1917, and its General Non-Fiction prize, from 1962.
Toshio Sakai was a Japanese photographer for United Press International. He was the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1919.
Justin Harvey Smith was an American historian and specialist on the Mexican–American War.
The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865 is a two-volume nonfiction history book by American historian Fred Albert Shannon. The book is about Union Army history, including recruitment and enlistment during the American Civil War. It was published in 1928, and Shannon won the Pulitzer Prize for History for the book in 1929.
Paul Herman Buck was an American historian. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1938 and became the first Provost of Harvard University in 1945.
Roy Franklin Nichols was an American historian who won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Disruption of American Democracy.
Claude Halstead Van Tyne was an American historian. He was a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. He taught history at the University of Michigan from 1903 to 1930 and wrote several books on the American Revolution. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The War of Independence in 1930.
Frederic Lauriston Bullard was an American Christian minister and later an editorialist who won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for his work in the Boston Herald entitled "We Submit", which argued for a retrial in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. He also wrote several books regarding Abraham Lincoln.
Stringmusic is a musical composition for string orchestra by the American composer Morton Gould. It was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and was premiered at the Kennedy Center by the NSO on March 10, 1994. The piece is dedicated to the conductor Mstislav Rostropovich upon his leave.
Etheleen Renee Shipp is an American journalist and columnist. As a columnist for the New York Daily News, she was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for "her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues."
Lilacs for voice and orchestra is a musical composition by George Walker that was awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Music. The work, scored for soprano soloist and orchestra, was the unanimous choice of the Pulitzer prize jury. Walker was the first African-American composer to be awarded the prize.
The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War is a nonfiction history book by Perry Miller. It won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for History. Miller writing about "Evangelical Basis", "The Legal Mentality", "Science". Book three was incomplete. The Life of the Mind was published posthumously.
The War with Mexico is a 1919 nonfiction book by Justin Harvey Smith. It won the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Art and Life in America is a book by Oliver W. Larkin published in 1949 by Rinehart & Company which won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for History. It is a book which comprehensively deals about Art and artists in the United States.
Ann Desantis is an American journalist for The Boston Globe. In 1972, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting with Gerard O'Neill, Timothy Leland, and Stephen A. Kurkjian, for exposing corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.
The Founding of New England is a history book by James Truslow Adams. It won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for History.
The Road to Reunion, 1865–1900 is a nonfiction history book by Paul Herman Buck. It won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for History.
A Constitutional History of the United States is a nonfiction history book by Andrew C. McLaughlin. It won the 1936 Pulitzer Prize for History.
The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation is a book by Charles Howard McIlwain. It won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for History.
References
- ↑ Heinz-D Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (1 January 2003). Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000: Decision-Making Processes in all Award Categories based on unpublished Sources. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 312–. ISBN 978-3-11-093912-5 . Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Heinz Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (2005). Chronicle of the Pulitzer Prizes for History: Discussions, Decisions and Documents. K.G. Saur. p. 16. ISBN 978-3-598-30189-6 . Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 296–. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2 . Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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