Biography / Autobiography Awards 1917-1992

Name: Biography / Autobiography Awards 1917-1992 | From the lucky Discoverer of America to an unfortunate Vietnam Veteran
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From the lucky Discoverer of America to an unfortunate Vietnam Veteran

Heinz-D. Fischer(Herausgeber*in)

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Intro
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
SELECTIONS FROM AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES
REMARKS ABOUT THE SELECTIONS CRITERIA
1917 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET JULIA WARD HOWE
HER BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
1918 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HIS MORAL STANDING AND FINANCIAL STATUS
1919 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN HENRY ADAMS
HIS STUDIES AND EXPERIENCES IN BERLIN
1920 AWARD: ABOUT THE JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL
HIS INTENTIONS AS A BIOGRAPHER
1921 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR EDWARD BOK
HIS WORK FOR THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL
1922 AWARD: ABOUT THE SETTLER ISABEL McCLINTOCK
HER FAILING HEALTH AND LONELINESS
1923 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT WALTER H. PAGE
HIS RESIGNATION FROM AMBASSADOR POST
1924 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHYSICIST MICHAEL PUPIN
HIS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL PORTRAIT
1925 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR BARRETT WENDELL
HIS VISITING PROFESSORSHIP IN PARIS
1926 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHYSICIAN WILLIAM OSLER
HIS PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE BOOK
1927 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET WALT WHITMAN
HIS EARLY YEARS AS A JOURNALIST
1928 AWARD: ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR THEODORE THOMAS
HIS MOVE FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO
1929 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDITOR WALTER H. PAGE
HIS ACTIVITIES AT THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY
1930 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN SAM HOUSTON
HIS PLANS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
1931 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR CHARLES W. ELIOT
HIS ESTABLISHMENT OF GRADUATE DEGREES
1932 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH CIRCUMSTANCES
1933 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND
HIS FORMATION OF THE FIRST CABINET
1934 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT JOHN HAY
HIS POLICY UNDER THEODORE ROOSEVELT
1935 AWARD: ABOUT THE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
HIS APPOINTMENT AS HEAD OF WEST POINT
1936 AWARD: ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGIST WILLIAM JAMES
HIS EARLY STUDY AND BOOK PUBLICATION
1937 AWARD: ABOUT THE SECRETARY HAMILTON FISH
HIS RETIREMENT FROM BIG POLITICS
1938a AWARD: ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHER BRONSON ALCOTT
HIS FAME AS A THINKER AND EDUCATOR
1938b AWARD: ABOUT THE GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON
HIS PLANS AFTER THE FLORIDA RAID
1939 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HIS BEGINNING AS POSTMASTER GENERAL
1940 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
HIS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES DURING WORLD WAR I
1941 AWARD: ABOUT THE THEOLOGIAN JONATHAN EDWARDS
HIS DISMISSAL FROM NORTHAMPTON PULPIT
1942 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
HER SUCCESSFUL BOOK UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
1943 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADMIRAL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
HIS LANDING IN THE NEW WORLD
1944 AWARD: ABOUT THE INVENTOR SAMUEL MORSE
HIS MEETING IN PARIS WITH DAGUERRE
1945 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN GEORGE BANCROFT
HIS LAST VOLUME OF THE U.S. HISTORY
1946 AWARD: ABOUT THE NATURALIST JOHN MUIR
HIS ACTIVITIES IN YOSEMITE PARK
1947 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDITOR WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
HIS PURCHASE OF THE EMPORIA GAZETTE
1948 AWARD: ABOUT THE POLITICIAN JOHN BIGELOW
HIS IDEA OF A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
1949 AWARD: ABOUT THE SECRETARY HARRY L. HOPKINS
HIS TRAVEL TO THE CASABLANCA CONFERENCE
1950 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
HIS INFLUENCE ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE
1951 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN JOHN C. CALHOUN
HIS PRIVATE DOMICILE AT FORT HILL
1952 AWARD: ABOUT THE JURIST CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
HIS NOMINATION AS U.S. CHIEF JUSTICE
1953 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN EDMUND PENDLETON
HIS START AS JUSTICE OF CAROLINE COUNTY
1954 AWARD: ABOUT THE AVIATOR CHARLES LINDBERGH
HIS ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION AT PARIS
1955 AWARD: ABOUT THE SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT
HIS NEW TRY FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
1956 AWARD: ABOUT THE ARCHITECT B. HENRY LATROBE
HIS WORK FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
1957 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN DANIEL WEBSTER
HIS OUTSTANDING ROLE AS AN ORATOR
1958 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON
HIS RETIREMENT FROM FEDERAL OFFICE
1959 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
HIS FAMOUS FOURTEEN POINT SPEECH
1960 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES
HIS LAUNCHING OF THE SHIP AMERICA
1961 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN CHARLES SUMNER
HIS ROLE AS AN OUTRAGEOUS PHILANTHROPIST
1962 AWARD: ABOUT THE WITHHOLD OF THE BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR GIVING THE AWARD
1963 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST HENRY JAMES
HIS FINANCIAL SITUATION IN PARIS
1964 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET JOHN KEATS
HIS WRITING LEVEL IN HYPERION
1965 AWARD: ABOUT THE HISTORIAN HENRY ADAMS
HIS TRAVEL TO PRE-WORLD WAR I EUROPE
1966 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
HIS FAMOUS SPEECH IN WEST BERLIN
1967 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR MARK TWAIN
HIS WORKING ON THE TOM SAWYER BOOK
1968 AWARD: ABOUT THE DIPLOMAT GEORGE F. KENNAN
HIS GERMAN MISSION IN WORLD WAR II
1969 AWARD: ABOUT THE PHILANTHROPIST JOHN QUINN
HIS AIDS FOR SEVERAL FAMOUS POETS
1970 AWARD: ABOUT THE GOVERNOR HUEY P. LONG
HIS HONORARY DEGREE FROM LOYOLA
1971 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET ROBERT FROST
HIS TEACHING POSITION AT AMHERST
1972 AWARD: ABOUT THE FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
HER RADIO SPEECHES ON VARIOUS TOPICS
1973 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESSMAN HENRY LUCE
HIS SUCCESSFUL WORK AT LIFE MAGAZINE
1974 AWARD: ABOUT THE DRAMATIST EUGENE O'NEILL
HIS RETURN TO THE BROADWAY STAGES
1975 AWARD: ABOUT THE MASTERBUILDER ROBERT MOSES
HIS GIGANTIC TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE PROJECT
1976 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST EDITH WHARTON
HER SUCCESSFUL PUBLICATIONS AND INCOME
1977 AWARD: ABOUT THE ADVENTURER THOMAS E. LAWRENCE
HIS TIME AS ADVISOR TO CHURCHILL
1978 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR SAMUEL JOHNSON
HIS WORK FOR GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE
1979 AWARD: ABOUT THE RABBI LEO BAECK
HIS SURVIVAL FROM THE HOLOCOUST
1980 AWARD: ABOUT THE COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT
HIS CUBAN BATTLE OF SAN JUAN
1981 AWARD: ABOUT THE CZAR PETER THE GREAT
HIS WORKING AND LIVING PRINCIPLES
1982 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT
HIS ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION IN LONDON
1983 AWARD: ABOUT THE AUTHOR RUSSELL BAKER
HIS CHILDHOOD DURING WAR TIMES
1984 AWARD: ABOUT THE EDUCATOR BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
HIS BASIC IDEAS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
1985 AWARD: ABOUT THE THEOLOGIAN COTTON MATHER
HIS PREPARATION FOR PREACHER'S CAREER
1986 AWARD: ABOUT THE POET LOUISE BOGAN
HER LESS HAPPY FINAL YEARS
1987 AWARD: ABOUT THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING
HIS WINNING OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
1988 AWARD: ABOUT THE NOVELIST THOMAS WOLFE
HIS BOOK OF TIME AND THE RIVER
1989 AWARD: ABOUT THE DRAMATIST OSCAR WILDE
HIS IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST PLAY
1990 AWARD: ABOUT THE STATESMAN NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
HIS WRITING PRACTICES AND HABITS
1991 AWARD: ABOUT THE PAINTER JACKSON POLLOCK
HIS BREAKTHROUGH BY PRESS PROMOTION
1992 AWARD: ABOUT THE ATTORNEY LEWIS PULLER
HIS SUFFERING FROM VIETNAM EXPERIENCES
WINNERS OF THE BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY AWARD, 1993-2003
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