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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1948.

Journalism awards

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  Public Service:
  
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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the coverage of the Centralia, Illinois, mine disaster and the follow-up which resulted in impressive reforms in mine safety laws and regulations.


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  Local Reporting:
  
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    George E. Goodwin of the Atlanta Journal for his story of the Telfair County vote fraud, published in 1947.


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  National Reporting:
  
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    Nat S. Finney of the Minneapolis Tribune for his stories on the plan of the Truman administration to impose secrecy about the ordinary affairs of federal civilian agencies in peacetime.


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  National Reporting:
  
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    Bert Andrews of the New York Herald Tribune for his articles on A State Department Security Case published in I947.


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  International Reporting:
  
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    Paul W. Ward of The Baltimore Sun for his series of articles published in 1947 on Life in the Soviet Union.


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  Editorial Writing:
  
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    Virginius Dabney of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for distinguished editorial writing during the year.


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  Editorial Cartooning:
  
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    Reuben Goldberg of the New York Sun for Peace Today.


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  Photography:
  
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    Frank Cushing of the Boston Traveler for his photo, Boy Gunman and Hostage.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

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  Fiction:
  
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    Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener (Macmillan).


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  Drama:
  
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    A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (New Directions).


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  History:
  
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    Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard De Voto (Harper).


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  Biography or Autobiography:
  
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    Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow by Margaret Clapp (Little).


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  Poetry:
  
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    The Age of Anxiety by W. H. Auden (Random).


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  Music:
  
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    Symphony, No. 3 by Walter Piston first performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston, January 1948.

Special Awards and Citations

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  Journalism:
  
  • Dr. Frank Diehl Fackenthal was awarded a scroll indicating appreciation of his interest and service during the past years.

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1948