1970 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1970.

Journalism Awards

*Public Service:
** "Newsday", Garden City, New York, 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 the "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 E. Martin of the "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 the "Chicago Daily News", for disclosures about the background of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., in connection with his nomination for the United States Supreme Court.
*International Reporting:
** Seymour M. Hersh of the "Dispatch News Service", Washington, D.C. For his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai.
*Commentary:
** Marquis Childs of the "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, New York. For his editorial cartooning during 1969.
*Spot News Photography:
** Steve Starr of Associated Press, Albany, New York Bureau, for his news photo taken of militant black students following their takeover of Willard Straight Hall Cornell University, "Campus Guns".
*Feature Photography:
** Dallas Kinney of "The Palm Beach Post", West Palm Beach, Florida. For his portfolio of pictures of Florida migrant workers, "Migration to Misery".

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

*Fiction:
** "Collected Stories" by Jean Stafford.
*Drama:
**"No Place To Be Somebody" by Charles Gordone.
*History:
** "Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department" by Dean Acheson.
*Biography or Autobiography:
** "Huey Long" by T. Harry Williams.
*Poetry:
** "Untitled Subjects" by Richard Howard.
*General Non-Fiction:
** "Gandhi's Truth" by Erik Erikson.
*Music:
** "Time's Encomium" by Charles Wuorinen, premiered in its entirety at the Berkshire Music Festival on August 16, 1969.

External links

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?year=1970&FormsButton1=Show+Winners Pulitzer Prizes for 1970] .