1936 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1936

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • Cedar Rapids Gazette for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.
• Reporting:
  • Lauren D. Lyman of The New York Times for the exclusive story revealing that the Charles Lindbergh family was leaving the United States to live in England.
• Correspondence:
  • Wilfred C. Barber of the Chicago Tribune for his reports of the war in Ethiopia (posthumous)
• Editorial Writing:
  • Felix Morley and George B. Parker of The Washington Post and Scripps-Howard Newspapers (respectively) for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • No award given.

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel:
  • Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis (Harper).
• Drama:
  • Idiot's Delight by Robert E. Sherwood (Scribner).
• History:
  • A Constitutional History of the United States by Andrew C. McLaughlin (Appleton).
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Thought and Character of William James by Ralph Barton Perry (Little).
• Poetry:
  • Strange Holiness by Robert Peter Tristram Coffin (Macmillan).

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• Pulitzer Prizes for 1936