Toshio Sakai

For the former professional Go player, see Toshio Sakai (Go player).

Toshio Sakai (酒井 淑夫 Sakai Toshio, March 31, 1940 – November 21, 1999), a graduate of Meiji University, a photographer for United Press International, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1968, for a photograph depicting the Vietnam War.[1] He was the first person to receive that award.

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  1. UPI History: Milestones (1961–1980)