1960 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1960.

Journalism awards

*Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Public Service:
** The ''Los Angeles Times'', for its thorough, sustained and well-conceived attack on narcotics traffic and the enterprising reporting of Gene Sherman (reporter), Gene Sherman, which led to the opening of negotiations between the United States and Mexico to halt the flow of illegal drugs into southern California and other border states.
*Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time, Local Reporting, Edition Time:
** Jack Nelson (journalist), Jack Nelson of ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta Constitution'', for the excellent reporting in his series of articles on mental institutions in Georgia.
*Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, Local Reporting, No Edition Time:
** Miriam Ottenberg of the ''Washington Star, Evening Star'' (Washington, DC), for a series of seven articles exposing a used-car racket in Washington, D.C., that victimized many unwary buyers. The series led to new regulations to protect the public and served to alert other communities to such sharp practices.
*Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, National Reporting:
** Vance Trimble of E.W. Scripps Company, Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, for a series of articles exposing the extent of nepotism in the Congress of the United States.
*Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, International Reporting:
** A. M. Rosenthal of ''The New York Times'', for his perceptive and authoritative reporting from Poland. Mr. Rosenthal's subsequent expulsion from the country was attributed by Polish government spokesmen to the depth his reporting into Polish affairs, there being no accusation of false reporting.
*Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, Editorial Writing:
** Lenoir Chambers, editor of ''The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot'', for his series of editorials on the school integration problem in Virginia, as exemplified by "s:The Year Virginia Closed the Schools, The Year Virginia Closed the Schools", published January 1, 1959, and "s:The Year Virginia Opened the Schools, The Year Virginia Opened the Schools", published December 31, 1959.
*Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, Editorial Cartooning:
** No award given.

*Pulitzer Prize for Photography, Photography:
** Andrew Lopez of United Press International, for his series of four photographs of a corporal, formerly of Dictator Fulgencio Batista, Batista's army, who was executed by a Castro firing squad, the principal picture showing the condemned man receiving last rites.
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Letters, Drama and Music Awards

*Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Fiction:
** ''Advise and Consent'' by Allen Drury (Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday).
*Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Drama:
** ''Fiorello!'', book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (Random House).
*Pulitzer Prize for History, History:
** ''In the Days of McKinley'' by Margaret Leech (Harper & Brothers, Harper).
*Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, Biography or Autobiography:
** ''John Paul Jones'' by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little, Brown and Company, Little).
*Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Poetry:
** ''Heart's Needle'' by W. D. Snodgrass (Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf).
*Pulitzer Prize for Music, Music:
** ''String Quartet No. 2 (Carter), Second String Quartet'' by Elliott Carter (G. Schirmer, Associated Music Publishers), first performed at the Juilliard School of Music, March 25, 1960.
*Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, Special Citation:
** ''The Defeat of the Spanish Armada'' by Garrett Mattingly (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Houghton, Mifflin). It is a first class history and a literary work of high order.

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