Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

(No Award)

Drama

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel

History

Roosevelt: The Soldier Of Freedom by James MacGregor Burns (Harcourt)

Biography or Autobiography

Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915 -1938 by Lawrance Thompson (Holt)

Poetry

The Carrier of Ladders by William S. Merwin (Atheneum)

General Nonfiction

The Rising Sun by John Toland (Random)

Music

Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky

Premiered August 19, 1970 at the Berkshire Music Festival.

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

Winston-Salem (NC) Journal and Sentinel

For coverage of environmental problems, as exemplified by a successful campaign to block strip mining operation that would have caused irreparable damage to the hill country of northwest North Carolina.

Local General or Spot News Reporting

Staff of Akron (OH) Beacon Journal

For its coverage of the Kent State University tragedy on May 4, 1970.

Local Investigative Specialized Reporting

William Jones of Chicago Tribune

For exposing collusion between police and some of Chicago's largest private ambulance companies to restrict service in low income areas, leading to major reforms.

National Reporting

Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers of United Press International

For their documentary on the life and death of a 28-year-old revolutionary Diana Oughton: "The Making of a Terrorist."

International Reporting

Jimmie Lee Hoagland of The Washington Post

For his coverage of the struggle against apartheid in the Republic of South Africa.

Commentary

William A. Caldwell of The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey

For his commentary in his daily column.

Criticism

Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times

For his music criticism during 1970.

Editorial Writing

Horance G. Davis Jr. of The Gainesville (FL) Sun

For his editorials in support of the peaceful desegregation of Florida's schools.

Editorial Cartooning

Paul Conrad of Los Angeles Times

For his editorial cartooning during 1970.

Spot News Photography

John Paul Filo of Valley Daily News and Daily Dispatch, Tarentum and New Kensington, PA

For his pictorial coverage of the Kent State University tragedy on May 4, 1970.

Feature Photography

Jack Dykinga of Chicago Sun-Times

For his dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois.