John Whitefield Owens (November 2, 1884 – April 24, 1968) was the 1937

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winner for

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for his

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s in the ''

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''.

References

"Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners" pg. 168
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing winners 1884 births 1968 deaths {{US-journalist-19thC-stub