Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

Collected Stories by Jean Stafford (Farrar)

Drama

No Place To Be Somebody by Charles Gordone

History

Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department by Dean Acheson (Norton)

Biography or Autobiography

Huey Long by T. Harry Williams (Knopf)

Poetry

Untitled Subjects by Richard Howard (Atheneum)

General Nonfiction

Gandhi's Truth by Erik H. Erikson (Norton)

Music

Time's Encomium by Charles Wuorinen

Premiered in its entirety at the Berkshire Music Festival on August 16, 1969.

Special Citations

There are no special citations for this time period.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

Newsday, Garden City, NY

For its three-year investigation and exposure of secret land deals in eastern Long Island, which led to a series of criminal convictions, discharges and resignations among public and political officeholders in the area.

Local General or Spot News Reporting

Thomas Fitzpatrick of Chicago Sun-Times

For his article about the violence of youthful radicals in Chicago, "A Wild Night's Ride With SDS."

Local Investigative Specialized Reporting

Harold Eugene Martin of Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal

For his expose of a commercial scheme for using Alabama prisoners for drug experimentation and obtaining blood plasma from them.

National Reporting

William J. Eaton of Chicago Daily News

For disclosures about the background of Judge Clement F. Haynesworth Jr., in connection with his nomination for the United States Supreme Court.

International Reporting

Seymour M. Hersh of Dispatch News Service, Washington, DC

For his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai.

Commentary

Marquis W. Childs of St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For distinguished commentary during 1969.

Criticism

Ada Louise Huxtable of The New York Times

For distinguished criticism during 1969.

Editorial Writing

Philip L. Geyelin of The Washington Post

For his editorials during 1969.

Editorial Cartooning

Thomas F. Darcy of Newsday, Garden City, NY

For his editorial cartooning during 1969.

Spot News Photography

Steve Starr of Associated Press, Albany (NY) Bureau

For his news photo taken at Cornell University, "Campus Guns."

Feature Photography

Dallas Kinney of Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL

For his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, "Migration to Misery."