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 Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer was the founder of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Joseph Pulitzer was born in Makó, Hungary, as the eldest son of Hungarian Jews.
In the journalism the Prizes were awarded in the 1920s for exposing the practices of the Ku Klux Klan, revealing the dehumanizing prison conditions and exploring the problems of labor during a national coal strike.
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 Pulitzer Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions.
Pulitzer Prize for Music—for a distinguished musical contribution by an American that had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year.
Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting, 1985-1990, became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
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 American Hotel Guide - Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize was established to honor the king of newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer.
Joseph Pulitzer was born in 1849 in Hungary and immigrated to America.
Since 1890, Pulitzer made great efforts to improve the newspaper's quality and in doing this he established a graduate course in journalism at Columbia University and established the Pulitzer Prize.
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 Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a literary award given out each April.
The prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher in the late 19th century.
The very first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on June 4, 1917.
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 Photography - Pulitzer Prize Collection at GALLERY M
Hungarian-born, an intense indomitable figure, Pulitzer was the most skillful of newspaper publishers, a passionate crusader against dishonest government, a fierce, hawk-like competitor who did not shrink from sensationalism in circulation struggles, and a visionary who richly endowed his profession.
Pulitzer was the first to call for the training of journalists at the university level in a school of journalism.
And certainly, the lasting influence of the Pulitzer Prizes on journalism, literature, music, and drama is to be attributed to his visionary acumen.
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 2006 Pulitzer Prizes For Photography
It is the eighth Pulitzer Prize for the Dallas Morning News, and its fourth Pulitzer Prize for photography.
Ross Baughman, a Pulitzer Prize photography winner who is now the director of photography for The Washington Times; Eric Newton, the director of journalism initiatives for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Janet Reeves, director of photography for the Rocky Mountain News; and Nylund.
The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism were established in 1917 in memory of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the first to call for the training of journalists at the university level in college programs, who provided for the birth and funding of the awards in his 1904 will as an incentive to journalistic excellence.
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Some 40 Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded to UI faculty members or alumni, including 26 prizes to writers affiliated with the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Dunn said the full impact of winning the Pulitzer Prize had not hit him, a few minutes after the word was officially flashed over the news wires and the Pulitzer website.
Established in 1917 by publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the Pulitzer Prize is now awarded in 21 categories, including investigative reporting, news photography, drama, poetry, music, and others.
www.lycos.com /info/pulitzer-prize.html   (428 words)

  
 Pulitzer Prize Photographs Exhibit - Maryville University
Consisting of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs from 1942 to the present, “Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs,” has been viewed by large, enthusiastic crowds throughout the United States and overseas, but this marks its premiere appearance in St. Louis.
The prize for photography is given for a distinguished example of breaking news or feature photography in fl and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album.
The Pulitzer Prizes were established in 1911 in the fields of journalism, literature, music, and drama at the Columbia School of Journalism, to where Joseph Pulitzer, a 19th Century publisher and the founder of the Post-Dispatch, had left a bequest in his will.
www.maryville.edu /pulitzer/exhibit   (327 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prize for Letters has been awarded annually to American works of fiction, history, poetry, biography or autobiography, and general nonfiction.
The Pulitzer Prize for Letters is accompanied by a $5,000 award paid from Pulitzer endowments.
Joseph Pulitzer endowed the Pulitzer Prizes as well as what is now the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
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1917 Jan 10, Germany was rebuked as the Entente officially rejected a proposal for peace talks and demanded the return of occupied territories from Germany.
1917 Dec 17, The US federal government took over the railroads until Mar, 1920, because of WW I. 1917 Dec 17, Pilots who flew solo before this date, the 13th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight, were eligible to join the exclusive Early Birds, founded in 1928.
1917 A world-wide influenza pandemic occurred and is later thought to have been caused by the leap of a swine virus to humans.
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 "The Pulitzer Prize in Music: 1943-2002"
Joseph Pulitzer was born in Hungary and grew up amid affluence and aristocratic privilege.His decision to come to America in 1864 was a direct result of his determination to become a soldier.While on a visit to Germany, he had met U.S. recruiters and enlisted to fight as a Union soldier in the Civil War.
A controversial music Pulitzer was awarded in 1992 and spawned a tidal wave of responses and commentaries in newspapers throughout the country.
The 1996 prize was awarded to George Walker for his "Lilacs" (on a text from Walt Whitman for voice and orchestra) which was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
www.american.edu /heintze/Pul1.htm   (3152 words)

  
 Ellis Wins Pulitzer Prize for History
Even though he knew that the announcement of this year's Pulitzer Prize winners would be made at 3:30 pm on Monday—and that there was speculation he would win—Joe Ellis stuck to his regular routine.
The Pulitzer Prize is one of this country's most prestigious awards and sought-after accolades in journalism, letters, and music.
Since the inception of the prizes in 1917, the board, later renamed the Pulitzer Prize Board, has increased the number of awards to twenty-one and introduced poetry, music, and photography as subjects, while adhering to the spirit of Pulitzer’s will and its intent.
www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/042001/ellis.shtml   (1005 words)

  
 Journalism Library Pulitzer Requests
The Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism Archives are composed of the winning entries in the Journalism categories of the Prizes.
If you wish to make arrangements to access the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism archives, you must consult the Library Information Office web page, or call 212-854-7309, for details on obtaining a pass that is required for access to the library.
The archives of winning Pulitzer Prize entries are located in Lehman Library, within the School of International Affairs, at Amsterdam Avenue and 118th Street.
www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/jour/coll/pulitzer_request.html   (325 words)

  
 Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, literature, music and drama were established by the 1904 will of Joseph Pulitzer, a 19th century journalist.
Administered by the Columbia School of Journalism, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded "for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life." Each winner receives a gold medal as well as a cash award of $10,000 (raised in 2003 from $7500).
Many Pulitzer Prize Winners go on to receive other literary awards such as the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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 The Athens NEWS: Twice weekly alternative
First endowed in 1917, the Pulitzer Prize is awarded for excellence in journalism, literature, drama and music.
Joseph Pulitzer, the legendary newspaper publisher who established the award, was the first to call for journalism training at a university level.
The Beacon Journal has won more Pulitzer Prizes than any other news organization in Ohio, and The Blade, considered for the prize this year, won a Pulitzer in 2004 for investigative reporting.
www.athensnews.com /issue/article.php3?story_id=24083   (721 words)

  
 The Pulitzer Prizes -- Search the Pulitzer Archives
A Pulitzer Prize Winner may be an individual, a group of individuals, or a newspaper's staff.
The Pulitzer Prize Board generally selects the Pulitzer Prize Winners from the three nominated finalists in each category.
The Public Service prize is always awarded to a newspaper, not an individual, although an individual may be named in the citation.
www.pulitzer.org /Archive/archive.html   (433 words)

  
 Pulitzer Prize History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Pulitzer Prize was endowed by Joseph Pulitzer in 1917.
There are prizes in letters that are for fiction, history, biography or autobiography, poetry and general nonfiction.
Paid from Pulitzer endowments, a gold medal is one of the special awards for public service in journalism.
iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Fall98/Brake/3main.htm   (115 words)

  
 CNN - Pulitzer Prizes awarded - April 14, 1998
The prizes have been awarded by Columbia University since 1917, on the recommendation of a Pulitzer Prize Board.
The prizes in letters are for fiction, history, poetry, biography or autobiography, and general non-fiction.
There are 14 prizes given for journalism, and prizes for drama and music.
www.cnn.com /books/news/9804/14/pulitzers/index.html   (404 words)

  
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The Pulitzer Prizes recognize achievements in American journalism, letters, drama and music and have been awarded annually since 1917.
The 2005 Pulitzer Prizes will be announced on April 4 and presented on May 23 at Columbia University.
The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize board's Gold Medal for public service yesterday for a five-part series examining the unusually high rate of police shootings in the District of Columbia.
www.lycos.com /info/pulitzer-prize--pulitzer-prize-board.html   (304 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - N.Y. Times urged to rescind 1932 Pulitzer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1932 Pulitzer Prize awarded to The New York Times should be revoked, according to a historian hired by the newspaper to review the winning work, which has been questioned for years.
Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, also declined to comment on von Hagen's report and its effect on the review of the 1932 prize.
No Pulitzer has been revoked since the prizes were first awarded in 1917.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-10-22-ny-times-pulitzer_x.htm   (727 words)

  
 U-T, Copley News win Pulitzer Prize | The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service shared a Pulitzer Prize yesterday for reporting that disclosed the worst case of bribe-taking in the history of Congress and led to the imprisonment of a corrupted lawmaker and war hero.
This was the first Pulitzer Prize received by the Union-Tribune, although one of its predecessor publications won two such awards.
In addition to sharing the national reporting prize, The New York Times was honored for international reporting by Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley, who wrote about the emerging justice system in China; and Nicholas D. Kristof received the commentary prize for writings on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060418/news_1n18pulitzer.html   (1596 words)

  
 CNN.com - Entertainment - Chabon wins Pulitzer for 'Kavalier & Clay' - April 16, 2001
It is the first Pulitzer for Chabon, whose book brings to life World War II America and the golden age of comic books.
His prize marked the first time that the second volume of a previous Pulitzer winner also won the award.
The Pulitzer for drama went to David Auburn for his play "Proof," a family drama about a young woman haunted by the mental collapse of her father.
edition.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/books/04/16/pulitzer.prize   (590 words)

  
 College of Communication - Pulitzer Prize Winners
Among the College’s former students there are 18 winners of Pulitzer Prizes.
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded by Columbia University in New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters and music.
The prizes were originally endowed by newspaper magnate, Joseph Pulitzer, and have been awarded since 1917.
communication.utexas.edu /alumni/pulitzers/index.html   (81 words)

  
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The Pulitzer Prize is an annual award given only to Americans (with one exception) in each of 21 categories, most involving journalism.
refused to return a Pulitzer awarded in 1932 to his newspaper's Soviet correspondent Walter Duranty, whose reportage, the intervening years have shown, deliberately echoed Soviet propaganda about the supposedly good conditions in the Ukraine where Marxist dictator Joseph Stalin in fact was systematically murdering 17 million Kulak farmers by starvation.
The Prize is also awarded in five "letters" categories: Biography or Autobiography, Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, and History (the latter being only category in which the winner need not be an American citizen).
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 Columbia News ::: New Pulitzer Prize Board Members Named
The announcement was made by George Rupp, president of Columbia University, which awards the annual prizes on the board's recommendation.
It was also announced that the Pulitzer Prize Website has been redesigned and updated to be more comprehensive and user-friendly than ever.
For awards presented since1995, users can access the text of the winning stories, or see the winning photos and cartoons, as well as a biography of each winner, the names of the nominating jurors, and a photo from that year's awards presentation.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/01/01/pulitzer_prize_board.html   (606 words)

  
 Pulitzer Prize in Letters and Drama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced "the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency".
The National Book Award is one of the most important literary prizes in the United States, presented annually for the best books by living U.S. citizens published in the U.S...
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also often known as the Booker Prize, is one of the world's most prestigious literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in the English language...
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 Bookreporter.com - The 2002 Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize was named after Hungarian newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, known for his creative contributions to the industry as well as to the political and social tapestry of America.
The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917.
In 1998 the board was composed of five publishers, six editors, six academics including the president of Columbia University and the dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, one columnist, and the administrator of the prizes.
www.bookreporter.com /features/2002-pulitzer.asp   (313 words)

  
 Pulitzer Prizes — Infoplease.com
The Pulitzer Prizes, established and endowed by Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), honor excellence in American literature, journalism, drama and music.
The prizes, administered by Columbia University, bestow on winners both literary prestige and a cash prize.
Pulitzer Prize for History of United States - Pulitzer Prize for History of United States 1917 With Americans of Past and Present Days, J. Pulitzer Prizes - Pulitzer Prizes, annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, and music.
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 CNN.com - Historian recommends revoking paper's Pulitzer - Oct. 23, 2003
A 1932 Pulitzer Prize awarded to The New York Times should be revoked, according to a historian hired by the newspaper to review the winning work, which has been questioned for years.
He noted, however, that the award was for a set of stories in 1931 and that "a prize in a particular Pulitzer category is not meant to say anything about a winner's body of work over time."
The reporter's 1932 Pulitzer is displayed with the notation: "Other writers in the Times and elsewhere have discredited this coverage."
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