1943 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1943.

Journalism awards

"What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign", the prize-winning editorial cartoon

"Water!", the prize-winning photograph

• Public Service:
  • The Omaha World-Herald, "for its initiative and originality in planning a statewide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying war industries with necessary scrap material."^[1]
• Reporting:
  • George Weller of the Chicago Daily News for "Doc" Lipes Commandeers a Submarine Officers' Wardroom", "his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life".
• Correspondence:
  • Hanson W. Baldwin of The New York Times, "for his report of his wartime tour of the Southwest Pacific".^[2]
• Telegraphic Reporting (National):
  • No award
• Telegraphic Reporting (International):
  • Ira Wolfert of the North American Newspaper Alliance, "for his series of three articles on the fifth battle of the Solomons".^[3][4]
• Editorial Writing:
  • Forrest W. Seymour of the Register and Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), "for his editorials published during the calendar year 1942".^[5]
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Jay Norwood Darling of the Register and Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), for "What a Place For a Waste Paper Salvage Campaign".^[5]
• Photography:
  • Frank Noel of the Associated Press, for his photo entitled, "Water!", portraying a desperate sailor on a lifeboat fleeing from the Japanese invasion of Singapore.^[6][7]

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Novel:
  • Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair (Viking)
• Drama:
  • The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (Harper)
• History:
  • Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (Houghton)
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little)
• Poetry:
  • A Witness Tree by Robert Frost (Holt)
• Music:
  • Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song by William Schuman. Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and published by G. Schirmer, Inc., New York^[8]

References

1. "Wife's challenge 'What did you do about it?' started publisher on prize-winning Nebraska scrap hunt". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 4, 1943 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. "A rough start for America's war in the Pacific". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
3. "Ira Wolfert, Star-Telegram war writer, is Pulitzer Prize winner". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. May 13, 1943 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Ira Wolfert (November 27, 1942). "Wolfert describes scene as 2 U.S. admirals died". The Boston Daily Globe – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article) Ira Wolfert (November 28, 1942). "All but 25 Japs drowned selves in 'Canal battle". The Boston Daily Globe – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
   Ira Wolfert (December 2, 1942). "Jap transports deserted in battle, Wolfert reveals". The Atlanta Constitution – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Seymour and Darling win Pulitzer Prizes". The Des Moines Register. May 4, 1943 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
6. "Two lifeboats sail sea; only one reaches land". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. AP. April 21, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Biographical sketches of award recipients in journalism and letters". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 4, 1943 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
8. Steve Swayne (Summer–Fall 2006). "William Schuman, World War II, and the Pulitzer Prize". The Musical Quarterly. 89 (2/3): 273–320. JSTOR 25172842.

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1943