1948 Pulitzer Prize
# 1948 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1948.

## Journalism awards

* Public Service:
   * St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the coverage of the Centralia mine disaster in Illinois, and the follow-up which resulted in impressive reforms in mine safety laws and regulations.
* Local Reporting:
   * George E. Goodwin of the Atlanta Journal for his story of the Telfair County vote fraud, published in 1947.
* National Reporting:
   * Nat S. Finney of the Minneapolis Tribune for his stories on the plan of the Truman administration to impose secrecy about the ordinary affairs of federal civilian agencies in peacetime.
   * Bert Andrews of the New York Herald Tribune for his articles on "A State Department Security Case" published in 1947.
* International Reporting:
   * Paul W. Ward of The Baltimore Sun for his series of articles published in 1947 on "Life in the Soviet Union".
* Editorial Writing:
   * Virginius Dabney of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
* Editorial Cartooning:
   * Reuben Goldberg of the New York Sun for "Peace Today".
* Photography:
   * Frank Cushing of the Boston Traveler for his photo, "Boy Gunman and Hostage".

## Letters, Drama and Music Awards

* Fiction:
   * Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener (Macmillan).
* Drama:
   * A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (New Directions).
* History:
   * Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard De Voto (Harper).
* Biography or Autobiography:
   * Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow by Margaret Clapp (Little).
* Poetry:
   * The Age of Anxiety by W. H. Auden (Random).
* Music:
   * Symphony, No. 3 by Walter Piston first performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston, January 1948.

## Special citations

* Frank D. Fackenthal, acting president of Columbia University, was awarded a scroll recognizing his years of service to the Pulitzer Prizes.
