Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Lippincott)

Drama

All The Way Home by Tad Mosel

History

Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference by Herbert Feis (Princeton Univ. Press)

Biography or Autobiography

Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War by David Donald (Knopf)

Poetry

Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades by Phyllis McGinley (Viking)

Music

Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston

First performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra on February 10, 1961, and commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.

Special Citations

Special Awards and Citations - Letters

American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War

A distinguished example of American book publishing.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

Amarillo (TX) Globe-Times

For exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism.

Local Reporting; Edition Time

Sanche De Gramont of New York Herald Tribune

For his moving account of the death of Leonard Warren on the Metropolitan Opera stage.

Local Reporting; No Edition Time

Edgar May of Buffalo (NY) Evening News

For his series of articles on New York State's public welfare services entitled, "Our Costly Dilemma," based in part on his three-month employment as a State case worker. The series brought about reforms that attracted nation-wide attention.

National Reporting

Edward R. Cony of The Wall Street Journal

For his analysis of a timber transaction which drew the attention of the public to the problems of business ethics.

International Reporting

Lynn Heinzerling of Associated Press

For his reporting under extraordinarily difficult conditions of the early stages of the Congo crisis and his keen analysis of events in other parts of Africa.

Editorial Writing

William J. Dorvillier of San Juan (Puerto Rico) Star

For his editorials on clerical interference in the 1960 gubernatorial election in Puerto Rico.

Editorial Cartooning

Carey Orr of Chicago Tribune

For "The Kindly Tiger," published on October 8, 1960.

Photography

Yasushi Nagao of Mainichi, Tokyo

For his photograph, "Tokyo Stabbing," distributed by United Press International and widely printed in American newspapers.